John 8:43
◄And I will tell you why you do not understand what I say./Do you know why you do not understand what I say?► [RHQ] It is because you do not want to accept my message.
Translation for Translators
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 people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well.
Isaiah 44:18Those people are very stupid and ignorant [SAR]. It is as though they are blind and cannot see, and their minds are closed and they cannot think well.
Hosea 14:9Those who are wise will understand the things about which I have written. Those who think well will pay careful attention to them. The things that Yahweh wants us to do [MET] are right; righteous people will conduct their lives adhering to them. But those who rebel against Yahweh will be ruined.
John 5:43Although I have come to earth with my Father’s authority [MTY], you do not accept me. But if someone else comes with his own authority [MTY], you accept him!
John 7:17Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with only my own authority.
John 12:39That was the reason why they were unable to believe. It was like Isaiah wrote somewhere else that God said:
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 →