John 8:27 (WEB)
They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
Fathers and councils · 12
Tertullian
“And the Scripture narrative goes on to explain in an exoteric manner, that “they understood not that He spake to them concerning the Father,” although they ought certainly to have known that the Father’s words were uttered in the Son, because they read in Jeremiah, “And the Lord said to me, Behold, I…” — editor's note: Ver. 27.
Read the whole comment
John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord having said, If ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins; they enquire of Him, as if wishing to know in whom they are to believe, that they might not die in their sin: Then said they unto Him, Who…
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on John
In some copies we find, Who also speak to you; but it is more consistent to read for (quia), not, who (qui): in which case the meaning is: Believe Me to be the beginning, for for your sakes have I condescended to…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
See here the madness of the Jews; asking after so long time, and after all His miracles and teaching, Who art Thou? What is Christ’s answer? From the beginning I speak with you; as if to say, Ye do not deserve to…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Above He said, I judge no man; but, I judge not, is one thing, I have to judge, another. I judge not, He says, with reference to the present time. But the other, I have many things to say, and to judge of you, refers…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
He says this, that they may not think that He allows them to talk against Him with impunity, from inability to punish them; or that He is not alive to their contemptuous designs.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Or having said, I have many things to say, and to judge of you, thus reserving His judgment for a future time, He adds, But He that sent Me is true: as if to say, Though ye are unbelievers, My Father is true, Who…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Or thus: As My Father hath sent Me not to judge the world, but to save the world, and My Father is true, I accordingly judge no man now; but speak thus for your salvation, not your condemnation: And I speak to the…
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
And to hear from the Father is the same as to be from the Father; He has the hearing from the same sense that He has the being.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The coequal Son gives glory to the Father: as if to say, I give glory to Him whose Son I am: how proudly thou detractest from Him, whose servant Thou art.
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
They did not understand however what He meant by saying, He is true that sent Me: they understand not that He spake to them of the Father. For they had not the eyes of their mind yet opened, to understand the…
Read the whole comment
Cross-references · 1
Luke 2:50 and John 8:27 share the same wording (8 words).