John 8:27 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

John 8:27

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Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even {the same} that I said unto you from the beginning.

I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

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

Then said Jesus unto them, 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 my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

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John 8:1

"Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."

John 8:2

"And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them."

John 8:3

"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,"

John 8:4

"They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."

John 8:5

"Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"

John 8:6

"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with {his} finger wrote on the ground, {as though he heard them not}."

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