John 8:19

Then they said to Him, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered: “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me you would also know my Father.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

In Context

18I am one testifying concerning myself and the Father who sent me testifies concerning me.”

20Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, while teaching in the temple; yet no one arrested Him, because His time had not yet come.

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Cross References

Luke 10:21In that same hour Jesus exulted in His spirit and said: “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to ‘infants’. Yes, Father, because it pleased you to do so.”

John 1:18No one has ever seen God. The Only-begotten Son, who exists in the bosom of the Father, He has interpreted Him.

John 8:54Jesus answered: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

John 14:6Jesus says to him: “ I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

John 16:3And they will do these things because they have not known either the Father or 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 →

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