John 8:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ They did not perceive (know, understand) that He was speaking to them about the Father.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.

Common English Bible

²⁷ They didn’t know he was speaking about his Father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And they did not realize that he was calling God his Father.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ 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.