John 8:27

And they did not realize that he was calling God his Father.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26I have much to say about you and to judge. But he who sent me is true. And what I have heard from him, this I speak within the world.”

28And so Jesus said to them: “When you will have lifted up the Son of man, then you shall realize that I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but just as the Father has taught me, so do I speak.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9And he said: “Go forth! And you shall say to this people: ‘When you listen, you will hear and not understand. And when you see a vision, you will not comprehend.’

Isaiah 59:10We groped for the wall, like one who is blind, and we felt our way, like one without eyes. We stumbled at midday, as if in darkness; and in darkness, as if in death.

John 8:47Whoever is of God, hears the words of God. For this reason, you do not hear them: because you are not of God.”

2 Corinthians 4:3But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing.

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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