Johannes 8:43

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Varför fatten I då icke vad jag talar? Jo, därför att I icke 'stån ut med' att höra på mitt ord.

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do: John 8:27, John 5:43, John 7:17, John 12:39, John 12:40, Proverbs 28:5, Isaiah 44:18, Hosea 14:9, Micah 4:12, Romans 3:11

ye cannot: John 6:60, Isaiah 6:9, Jeremiah 6:10, Acts 7:51, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:4 - General Isaiah 56:11 - are shepherds Hosea 4:14 - therefore Matthew 13:15 - ears Matthew 13:19 - and understandeth Matthew 16:11 - General Luke 22:67 - If John 5:44 - can John 6:44 - man John 8:37 - because John 8:47 - General John 10:6 - they understood not John 10:27 - sheep 1 Corinthians 2:14 - receiveth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Why do ye not understand my speech?.... Language, idiom, dialect, and form of speaking, in a figurative way; for they did not know what he meant by liberty, and bondage, and by having another father than Abraham, or by his own procession and coming forth from God:

[even] because ye cannot hear my word; as they had no spiritual discerning and understanding of the doctrine of Christ, which showed them to be carnal, and natural men, and not regenerate ones, and the children of God; so they had an aversion to it, and could not bear to hear it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Why do ye not ... - My meaning is clear, if you were disposed to understand me.

Even because ye cannot hear my word - The word “hear” in this place is to be understood in the sense of bear or tolerate, as in John 6:60. His doctrine was offensive to them. They hated it, and hence they perverted his meaning, and were resolved not to understand him. Their pride, vanity, and wickedness opposed it. The reason why sinners do not understand the Bible and its doctrines is because they cannot bear them. They hate them, and their hatred produces want of candor, a disposition to cavil and to pervert the truth, and an obstinate purpose that it shall not be applied to their case. Hence, they embrace every form of false doctrine, and choose error rather than truth, and darkness rather than light. A disposition to believe God is one of the best helps for understanding the Bible.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. Why do ye not understand my speech? — την λαλιαν την εμην, This my mode of speaking - when illustrating spiritual by natural things: λαλια refers to the manner of speaking; λογος, to the matter or subject on which he spoke. For λαλιαν, the Codex Bezae had originally αληθειαν: why do ye not acknowledge this TRUTH of mine? A few other MSS. agree in this reading.

Because ye cannot hear my word. — That is, ye cannot bear my doctrine: it comes too close to you; it searches your hearts, detects your hypocrisy, and exposes your iniquitous intentions and designs; and as ye are determined not to leave your sins, so ye are purposed not to hear my doctrine.