John 8:27

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26I have many things to speak and to decide concerning you: but he that sent me is true; and the things which I have heard from him I speak to the world.

28Then said Jesus to them, When ye shall have lifted up on high the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am, and of myself have I done nothing; but as the Father hath instructed me, so I speak.

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Cross References

John 8:47He that is of God heareth the words of God: ye therefore do not hear him, because ye are not of God.

2 Corinthians 4:3And if now our gospel be hid, it is hid from those who are lost:

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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