“ They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. ”
They understood not - They knew not, or they were unwilling to receive him as a messenger from God. They doubtless understood that he meant to speak of God, but they were unwilling to acknowledge...
(11) They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. (11) Even the contempt of Christ results in his glory: and this thing his enemies will eventually feel to their great pain.
Warnings of Coming Doom. But He knows that in the end the rulers must have their way. He tells the Pharisees that His time is short, and that they will need Him when it is too late. The Jews are sc...
understood not . did not get to know. App-132. See note on John 1:10 . spake . was speaking. Not "saying", as in John 8:26 . Father . See note on John 1:14 .
27. They did not know that he spoke to them about the Father. Hence we see how stupid those men are whose understandings are possessed by Satan. Nothing could be more plain than that they we...
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...
They understood not that he spake (better, was speaking ) to them of the Father. — We have seen in Note on John 8:21 that a new discourse commences there, and that the hearers are not necessar...
Chapter 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will...
the Father Made Known in His Son John 8:21-30 Our Lord was absorbed in acquiring glory for His Father. He was sent by the Father, lived by the Father, could do nothing of Himself, and spoke onl...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins. Whither I go, ye cannot come. (22) Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither...
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. That sent him, and who was true and faithful to all he had said, whether in a way of promise, or threatening; such was their stupidity, that...
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. Ver. 27. They understood not ] Though he cited them to God's dreadful tribunal, and threatened them with his judgment. The devil had stran...
Then said they, Who art thou? This question they ask in derision, and not with any desire to be instructed. And Jesus saith, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning Namely, of my pu...
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your...
The Jews (as we are told) used to call God The Father, in a way of eminency: they understood that he spake to them of his Father; but they would not understand when he spake to them of his Father,...
Chapter 8 Jesus - The Light of the World and the ‘I am' ( John 8:12-59 ). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isa...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 8:13 . They forgot His vindication of Himself ( John 5:31-37 ). John 8:14 . Even if I bear record, etc. —Although He was content to let the Father witness o...
John 8:12-13 . Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees These wasps...
John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...
Then said they unto Him, Who art Thou? …Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. By thus expressing Himself, Jesus evidently declared Himself to be the expected One. He avoided, how...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...
Christ's going to the Father:
2 Corinthians 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; Isaiah 42:18-20 ; Isaiah 59:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; John 8:43 ; John 8:47 ; Romans 11:7-10
The Light of the World John 8:12-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study- John 1:1-4 , we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His com...
They understood not — That by him that sent him he meant God the Father. Therefore in John 8:28-29 he speaks plainly of the Father, and again claims the Divine name, I AM.