John 8:27

Easy To Read Version

These Jews did not understand who Jesus was talking about. Jesus was telling them about the Father (God).

Cross References

Isaiah 59:10

We are like people without eyes.\par We walk into walls like blind people.\par We stumble and fall like it is night.\par Even in the daylight we can’t see.\par At noontime we fall like dead men.\par

Isaiah 6:9

Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘Listen closely, but don’t understand! Look closely, but don’t learn!’

John 8:26

I have many things I could say to judge you. But I tell people only the things I have heard from the One that sent me. And he speaks the truth.”

John 8:28

So Jesus said to them, “You will lift up (kill) the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [134]} Then you will know that I AM. {\cf2\super [135]} You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority (power). You will know that I say only the things that the Father has taught me.

John 8:43

You don’t understand these things I say. Why? Because you cannot accept my teaching.

John 8:47

The person that belongs to God accepts what God says. But you don’t accept what God says, because you don’t belong to God.”