John 8:27

They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

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

In Context

26I have many things to speak and to judge about you. However, he who sent me is true; and the things that I heard from him, these things I say to the world.”

28Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then will you know that I AM, and that I do nothing of myself. As the Father taught me, I speak these things.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go and tell this people, 1 'Listen, but do not understand; see, but do not perceive.' 1

Isaiah 59:10We grope for the wall like the blind, like those who cannot see. 1 We stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among the strong we are like dead men. 1

John 8:47He who is of God hears the words of God; you do not hear them because you are not of God.”

2 Corinthians 4:3But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only 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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