John 8:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

They perceived not that he spake 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, yea, we grope as they that have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among them that are lusty we are as dead men.

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

John 8:26

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

John 8:28

Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.

John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 8:47

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.