John 8:27 “They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.”

John 8:27

They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.

Darby Translation

They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.

Young's Literal Translation

They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;

Bible in Basic English

They did not see that his words were about the Father.

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Cross references

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

Isaiah 6:9 Isaiah 59:10 John 8:43 John 8:47 Isaiah 42:18–20 Romans 11:7–10

Isaiah 6:9 · BSB

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

Isaiah 59:10 · BSB

Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

John 8:43 · BSB

Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.

John 8:47 · BSB

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

Isaiah 42:18–20 · BSB

Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

Romans 11:7–10 · BSB

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

28So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

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