John 8:43

Wherefore my word do you not acknowledge? Because you cannot hear my word.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

In Context

42Jeshu saith to them, If Aloha were your Father, you would love me; for I from Aloha came forth, and I came not of myself, but he sent me.

44You are from your father the accuser, and the desires of your father you are willing to do. He from the beginning was the killer of men, and in the truth he stood not; therefore the truth is not in him. And when he speaketh a lie, of his own he speaketh, because of falsity he is also the father.

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Cross References

John 5:43I have come in the name of my Father, and you have not received me.

John 7:17Whosoever willeth to do his will understandeth my doctrine, if it be from Aloha, or (if) from the will of myself I speak.

John 12:39Because of this they were not able to believe: Wherefore again Eshaia had 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 →

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