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Contemporary English Version

John 8:27

No one understood that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blindness;   God;   Jesus Continued;   Scofield Reference Index - Satan;   World-System;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Sending and Those Sent;   Will of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Gabriel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children of God;   Consciousness;   Death of Christ;   Deceit, Deception, Guile;   Error;   Father, Fatherhood;   Ideas (Leading);   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Loneliness;   Son of God;   Understanding;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 20;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
They did not understand who he was talking about. He was telling them about the Father.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
They understode not that he spake of his father.
Hebrew Names Version
They didn't perceive that he spoke to them about the Father.
International Standard Version
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.
New American Standard Bible
They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father.
New Century Version
The people did not understand that he was talking to them about the Father.
Update Bible Version
They didn't perceive that he spoke to them of the Father.
Webster's Bible Translation
They understood not that he spoke to them concerning the Father.
English Standard Version
They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.
World English Bible
They didn't perceive that he spoke to them about the Father.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
They understood not, that he spake to them of the Father.
Weymouth's New Testament
They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei knewen not, that he clepide his fadir God.
English Revised Version
They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
Berean Standard Bible
They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
Amplified Bible
They did not realize [or have the spiritual insight to understand] that He was speaking to them about the Father.
American Standard Version
They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
Bible in Basic English
They did not see that his words were about the Father.
Complete Jewish Bible
They did not understand that he was talking to them about the Father.
Darby Translation
They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.
Etheridge Translation
But they knew not that of the Father he spake to them.
Murdock Translation
And they did not know, that he spake to them of the Father.
King James Version (1611)
They vnderstood not that hee spake to them of the Father.
New Living Translation
But they still didn't understand that he was talking about his Father.
New Life Bible
They did not understand that Jesus was speaking to them about the Father.
New Revised Standard
They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.
George Lamsa Translation
They did not understand that he spoke to them concerning the Father.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They noted not that, as touching the Father, unto them, he was speaking.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they understood not that he called God his Father.
Revised Standard Version
They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howebeit, they vnderstoode not that he spake to them of his father.
Good News Translation
They did not understand that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.
Christian Standard Bible®
They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father.
King James Version
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
Lexham English Bible
(They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)
Literal Translation
They did not know that He spoke to them of the Father.
Young's Literal Translation
They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Howbeit they vnderstode not, that he spake of the father.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but they did not perceive that he meant the father.
THE MESSAGE
They still didn't get it, didn't realize that he was referring to the Father. So Jesus tried again. "When you raise up the Son of Man, then you will know who I am—that I'm not making this up, but speaking only what the Father taught me. The One who sent me stays with me. He doesn't abandon me. He sees how much joy I take in pleasing him."
New English Translation
(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)
New King James Version
They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They still didn't understand that he was talking about his Father.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.
Legacy Standard Bible
They did not know that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

Contextual Overview

21 Jesus also told them, "I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven." 22 The Jewish leaders asked, "Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?" 23 Jesus answered, "You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't. 24 That is why I said you will die with your sins unforgiven. If you don't have faith in me for who I am, you will die, and your sins will not be forgiven." 25 "Who are you?" they asked Jesus. Jesus answered, "I am exactly who I told you at the beginning. 26 There is a lot more I could say to condemn you. But the one who sent me is truthful, and I tell the people of this world only what I have heard from him." 27 No one understood that Jesus was talking to them about the Father. 28 Jesus went on to say, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, you will know who I am. You will also know that I don't do anything on my own. I say only what my Father taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me." 30 After Jesus said this, many of the people put their faith in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 8:43, John 8:47, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 42:18-20, Isaiah 59:10, Romans 11:7-10, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:4

Reciprocal: John 10:6 - they understood not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. That sent him, and who was true and faithful to all he had said, whether in a way of promise, or threatening; such was their stupidity, that they did not know that he meant God the Father by him that sent him, so deriving his mission and doctrine from him; their hearts were made fat, and hardened, and their eyes were blinded. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "they did not know that he said, God was his Father"; and so Beza's most ancient copy, and another exemplar of his.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They 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.


 
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