Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
You're following in your father the devil's footsteps, and you're going to keep doing what he wants you to do. He's been a killer from day one and has never stood with the truth, because there's literally no truth in him. When he lies, he's just being himself, he's a liar through and through, and he invented lying.
Jesus called out fake people by pointing to their real source, the father of lies himself.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of John, chapter 8, Jesus is in Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles, a major Jewish festival, where He is debating with the Pharisees about spiritual lineage and truth. He accuses them of following the devil's ways rather than God's, highlighting their rejection of His message and their intent to kill Him. This exchange reflects the broader cultural and religious tensions between Jesus and the Jewish leaders who saw Him as a threat to their authority.
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