<p>8:41 <i>You do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, even God</i>- They insisted that God and not &quot;the devil&quot; (:44) was their father. By insisting upon this, they were condemning themselves. For they sought to kill the Lord because He claimed to be God's Son. And now He had cleverly led them to make the same claim about themselves. He didn't do this to score debating points; He really wanted them to realize that in condemning Him, they were condemning themselves. They were furious that He should imply they were not full Israelites, of Abraham. &quot;Born of fornication&quot; was how the Jews referred to the descendants of Abraham through his other partners apart from Sarah, such as Hagar and Keturah.&nbsp;</p>