John 8:19

They say to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus replied, and said to them: Ye neither know me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would also have known my Father.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

18I am one: who bear witness of myself, and my Father who sent me, beareth witness of me.

20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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Cross References

Luke 10:21In that hour Jesus exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said: I thank thee, my Father, thou Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes: yes, my Father, for such was thy good pleasure.

John 1:18No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.

John 8:54Jesus said to them: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say, He is our God.

John 14:6Jesus said to him: I am the way, and truth, and life: no one cometh unto my Father, but by me.

John 16:3And these things will they do, because they have not known either my Father, or 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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