John 8:27

They knew not that he was speaking to them of the Father.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

In Context

26I have many things to say, and to judge with respect to you; but he that sent me is true; and what things I have heard from him, these I speak to the world.

28Then said Jesus to them: When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.

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Cross References

John 8:47He that is of God, hears God’s words. For this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.

2 Corinthians 4:3But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed among the lost,

Matthew Henry on John 8:22-31

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto… Read the whole commentary →

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