They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
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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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go m...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Christ's going to the Father:
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...
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...
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.