Joh 8:41 | TNotes | STEP | 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 ).

bMatt 1:18-25►

‏ John 8:41

8:41 ^a 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 ^b).