Notes

John 8-
“We are Abraham’s descendants", they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?"

(This is a confession, they are saying their people were never in bondage in Egypt and yet they are some of Abraham's descendants. Ishmaelites, Midianites and Edomites (Idumeans) were all technically descendants of Abraham, although the Ishmaelites were part Egyptian, the Edomites were part Canaanite and the Midianites likely also part Canaanite but also the fruit of incest between Lot and his daughters, the ones who were salvaged from Sodom & Gommorah. Canaan was also a product of that kind of incest if we go by the euphemism used. Herod and Antiper were Idumean according to Greek historian Josephus, they even wrote about how Herod burnt the genealogical records to obfuscate the validity of his claims of heritage.)

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

“Abraham is our father", they replied.

“If you were children of Abraham", said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham."

[In response to a snide allusion to the slander which is still found within the Talmud (which used to be the unwritten Oral law of the very same Pharisees)- ]

"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. You belong to your father, the devil (The Slanderer/ Accuser), and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies."

Matt 23:30, 31- And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.


(Samuel 21:7 - Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
& 22:18 - So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. )

35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Revelation 3:9 Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan (Adversary/ Adversarial ones), who claim to be Yehudah but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.