John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
John 5:43I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →