John 8:27

They did not understand that he meant the Father,

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26"I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the world only those things which I have heard from him."

28so Jesus added. "When you lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He; and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I speak just as the Father has taught me,

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Cross References

John 8:47"He who is from God listens to God’s words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."

2 Corinthians 4:3But even if my gospel, too, is "veiled," it is among those who are on the way to perish that it is "veiled."

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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