John 8:40

“But now ye seek to kill me, etc.] A temper and disposition very foreign from that of Abraham’s: a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God; to seek to kill a man is a very great crime, and punishable with death; to kill an innocent one, that had done no sin, who was pure, holy, harmless, and inoffensive to God and man, was an aggravation of the iniquity; and to kill a prophet, and one more than a prophet, who brought a revelation from God himself, and declared the whole truth of the Gospel, and particularly that of his divine, eternal sonship, which incensed them against him, and put them upon seeking to take away his life, still increased the sin. This did not Abraham:…”

“this did not Abraham--In so doing ye act in direct opposition to him.”

“Ye seek to kill me - See John 8:37. This did not Abraham - Or such things Abraham did not do. There are two things noted here in which they differed from Abraham: 1. In seeking to kill him, or in possessing a murderous and bloody purpose. 2. In rejecting the truth as God revealed it. Abraham was distinguished for love to man as well as God. He liberated the captives Genesis 14:14-16; was distinguished for hospitality to strangers Genesis 18:1-8; and received the revelations of God to him, however mysterious, or however trying their observance, Genesis 12:1-4; Genesis 15:4-6; Genesis 22:0. It was for these things that he is so much commended in the New Testament Romans 4:9; Romans 9:9;…”

“now: Joh 8:37; Psa 37:12, Psa 37:32; Gal 4:16, Gal 4:29; Jo1 3:12-15; Rev 12:4, Rev 12:12, Rev 12:13, Rev 12:17 a man: Joh 8:26, Joh 8:38, Joh 8:56 this: Rom 4:12 John 8:41”