John 7:42

7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant ¹  of David ²  and comes from Bethlehem, ³  the village where David lived?” ⁴ 

John 8:33

8:33 “We are descendants ⁵  of Abraham,” they replied, ⁶  “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ⁷  ‘You will become free’?”

John 8:37

8:37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. ⁸  But you want ⁹  to kill me, because my teaching ¹⁰  makes no progress among you. ¹¹ 

[7:42]  ¹ tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).

[7:42]  ² sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.

[7:42]  ³ sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.

[7:42]  ⁴ tn Grk “the village where David was.”

[8:33]  ⁵ tn Grk “We are the seed” (an idiom).

[8:33]  ⁶ tn Grk “They answered to him.”

[8:33]  ⁷ tn Or “How is it that you say.”

[8:37]  ⁹ tn Grk “seed” (an idiom).

[8:37]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “you are seeking.”

[8:37]  ¹¹ tn Grk “my word.”

[8:37]  ¹² tn Or “finds no place in you.” The basic idea seems to be something (in this case Jesus’ teaching) making headway or progress where resistance is involved. See BDAG 1094 s.v. χωρέω 2.