John 8:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They did not perceive (know, understand) that He was speaking to them about the Father.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

They didn’t know he was speaking about his Father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And they did not realize that he was calling God his Father.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they understood not, that he called God his Father.

John 8:27 Cross References

Isaiah 59:10

We grope for the wall like the blind, we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men.

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “ ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.’

John 8:26

I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”

John 8:28

So 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 authority but speak thus as the Father taught me.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

John 8:47

He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”