John 8:27

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

Noyes Bible

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, concerning you; but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world what I heard from him.

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

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9And he said: Go, and say thou to this people, Hear ye, indeed, but understand not; See ye, indeed, but perceive not!

Isaiah 59:10We grope for the wall, like the blind; We feel our way, like those that are deprived of sight; We stumble at noonday as in the night; In the midst of fertile fields we are like the dead.

John 8:47He that is of God heareth God's words; for this cause ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

2 Corinthians 4:3But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to them that perish,

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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