John 8:19

"Where is your Father?" they asked him. "You have neither known me nor my Father," answered Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have known my father also."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

In Context

18"I am one who gives testimony concerning myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony concerning me."

20He said these words in the Treasury, while he was teaching in the Temple; yet no one arrested him, because his hour was not yet come.

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Cross References

Luke 10:21In the same hour he thrilled with joy in the Holy Ghost. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth," he said "for hiding these things from the wise and prudent, and for revealing them to babes. Yea, Father, for so it was well pleasing in thy sight!

John 1:18No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father - he has interpreted him.

John 8:54"If I glorify myself." said Jesus, "my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, and you say, ‘He is our God.’

John 14:6Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.

John 16:3"And they will do these things because they have not known my Father, nor me.

Matthew Henry on John 8:13-21

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge… Read the whole commentary →

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