John 8:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.

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  • Isa 6:9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.
  • Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.
  • Isa 59:10 : 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
  • John 8:47 : 47 He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day. 9 And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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    50And they did not understand the statement which he spoke to them.

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    6This parable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

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    45But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • John 8:28
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    28Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

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    21And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand?

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    32But they did not understand this saying and were afraid to ask him.

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    43Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

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    34And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hidden from them, nor did they know the things which were spoken.

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    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.

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