John 8:27

John 8:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
• New International Version (NIV)They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

Context of John 8:27

25“Who are you?” they questioned. “Exactly what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them. 26“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him — these things I tell the world.” They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father. 28So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own. But just as the Father taught me, I say these things. 29The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”

John 8:27 word by word

οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῖς ἔλεγεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They understoodγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• he spakeλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• of the Fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for John 8:27

• John 8:43Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
• Isaiah 6:9And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
• Isaiah 42:18“Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see.
• Isaiah 59:10We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy.
• Romans 11:7What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,
• 2 Corinthians 4:3But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

Commentaries on John 8:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27They understood not - They knew not, or they were unwilling to receive him as a messenger from God. They doubtless understood that he meant to speak of God, but they were unwilling to acknowledge that he really came from God.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Those that live in unbelief, are for ever undone, if they die in unbelief. The Jews belonged to this present evil world, but Jesus was of a heavenly and Divine nature, so that his doctrine, kingdom, and blessings, would not suit their taste. But the curse of the law is done away to all that submit to the grace of the gospel. Nothing but the doctrine of Christ's grace will be an argument powerful enough, and none but the Spirit of Christ's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-59The debate about whether Jesus is the Messiah continues from 7:52. Jesus remained at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. During the feast, the conflicts Jesus encountered in chapter 7 continued and intensified.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. I have many things to say and to judge of you; but he that sent me is true, &c.--that is, I could, and at the fitting time, will say and judge many things of you (referring perhaps to the work of the Spirit which is for judgment as well as salvation, Joh 16:8), but what I do say is just the message My Father hath given Me to deliver.Read the comment

Topics related to John 8:27

• Blindness
• God
• Jesus Continued

In the dictionaries

• Act
• Conscience
• Continue
• Flesh
• Hear
• Lift
• Treasury
• Jesus Christ
• Literature, Sub-Apostolic
• Temple

Commentaries on John 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings