John 8:27

And they did not know, that he spake to them of the Father.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26I have yet many things to say and to Judge concerning you. But he that sent me is true: and the things which I have heard from him, them I speak in the world.

28Jesus said to them again: When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then will ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing from my own pleasure, but as my Father taught me, so I speak.

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 4:3And if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed to them that perish;

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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