John 8:19
Therefore, they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered: “You know neither me, nor my Father. If you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18I am one who offers testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me offers testimony about me.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:7And I will give them a heart, so that they may know me, that I am the Lord. And they will be my people, and I will be their God. For they shall return to me with their whole heart.
Luke 10:21In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: “I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.
John 1:18No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.
John 8:54Jesus responded: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me. And you say about him that he is your God.
John 14:6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 16:3And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Matthew Henry on John 8:13-21
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge… Read the whole commentary →