John 8:47
He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
In Context
46Which of you can rebuke me of synne? If I saye ye trueth why do not ye beleve me?
Cross References
John 6:45It is written in the Prophetes yt they shall all be taught of God. Every man therfore that hath hearde and hath learned of the father commeth vnto me.
John 8:37I knowe that ye are Abrahams seed: But ye seke meanes to kyll me because my sayinges have no place in you.
John 8:45And because I tell you ye trueth therfore ye beleve me not.
John 17:6I have declared thy name vnto ye men which thou gavest me out of the worlde. Thyne they were and thou gavest them me and they have kept thy sayinges.
Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →