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Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 8:41

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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8:41 your real father: Jesus knew who controlled them. • We aren’t illegitimate children! This was both a defense and an attack. In Greek, the pronoun we is emphatic: “We [in contrast to you] are not illegitimate,” implying that Jesus was illegitimate (see Matt 1:18-25).
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