John 8:27

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

Related Commentaries of John 8:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 sp...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 Sa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 agre...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 comm...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 promi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 thre...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go m...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 no...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Is From Above ( John 8:21-30 ). The emphasis now moves away from the fact that He is the light of the world, to the fact that He is the One...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘They did not perceive that he spoke to them of the Father.' John comments, ‘they did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father'. The probl...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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. —A...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 ha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 pre...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 declar...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ's going to the Father:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They understood not that He spake to them of the Father. Jesus did not permit Himself to be disconcerted or in any way influenced by the enmity wh...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 cla...

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

Related Commentaries of John 8:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 8:27