John 8:42-45
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
See Literal Reading. Jesus mentions, but is not "endorsing" popular beliefs about the devil. Mention is not endorsement.
Nor is he “endorsing” any particular interpretation of “the beginning”!
This passage was referenced here (5.3.3) in our responses to the AACE discussion questions.
