Matthew 3:9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
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Study Note
John the Baptist's warning against presuming on Abrahamic descent challenges a widespread Jewish assumption that ethnic membership in Israel guaranteed standing before God in the coming judgment. The image of God raising children 'from these stones' (Hebrew 'avanim,' phonetically echoing 'banim,' sons) may be a deliberate wordplay, suggesting that God's creative power is not constrained by biological lineage. This text became foundational for Paul's argument in Romans 9 that 'not all who are of Israel are Israel,' and for Galatians 3's insistence that sonship comes through faith rather than genealogy. The verse dismantles every form of religious entitlement that substitutes identity for genuine repentance.
Andere Übersetzungen
and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have--Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
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