- The Jews of Christ's day thought that they were righteous because they were the descendants of Abraham. Jesus therefore addressed them as "the righteous" (Mt.9:12,13), and said "I know that ye are Abraham's seed" (Jn.8:37). But he did not believe that they were righteous, as he so often made clear; and he plainly showed by his reasoning in Jn.8:39-44 that they were not Abraham's seed. So Jesus took people's beliefs at face value, without immediately contradicting them, but demonstrated the truth instead.
Kwa hiyo Yesu aliwahutubia kuwa ni 'wenye haki’ (Math. 9: 12,13) na kusema "najua ya kuwa ninyi ni uzao wa Ibrahimu"(Yoh. 8:37). Lakini hakuamini kwamba walikuwa ni wenye haki, kama alivyobainisha hivyo mara nyingi; wazi wazi alionyesha kwa kutoa hoja katika Yh. 8: 39 - 44 ya kuwa hawakuwa uzao wa Ibrahimu. Basi Yesu alichukua imani za watu zilivyo pasipo kuwapinga mara moja, lakini alieleza kwa kuonyesha ukweli badala yake.