Giovanni 8:47

47 Chi è da Dio ascolta le parole di Dio; perciò, voi non l’ascoltate, perciocchè non siete da Dio.

Giovanni 8:47 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:47

He that is of God
Who is born, not of blood, by carnal descent from any person, or of the carnal will, or by the power of freewill, or of the will of the best man in the world; but of God, according to his abundant mercy, of his own will, by the power of his grace; and so has God to be his Father: such an one

heareth God's words;
the doctrines of the Gospel, which have God for their author, being of his ordaining, sending, and publishing; and his grace for the matter of them, displayed in election, redemption, justification, pardon, adoption, and eternal salvation, and his glory for the end: now a regenerate man has eyes to see into the glory, loveliness, excellency, suitableness, and usefulness of these things; and he has ears to hear, and a heart to understand them, which others have not; and therefore hears them with pleasure, receives them in the love of them, cordially embraces them by faith, and distinguishes them from the words of man; and puts such of them in practice, as requires it:

ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God;
because God was not their Father, or they were not born of him, as they boasted; therefore they had not eyes to see, nor ears to hear, nor hearts to understand: and it may as fairly be inferred, that because they did not hear the words of God, therefore they were not of God; for these two necessarily imply each other; it looks very dark on such persons, who neither hear the doctrines of the Gospel externally nor internally.

Giovanni 8:47 In-Context

45 Ma, quant’è a me, perciocchè io dico la verità, voi non mi credete.

46 Chi di voi mi convince di peccato? e se io dico verità, perchè non mi credete voi?

47 Chi è da Dio ascolta le parole di Dio; perciò, voi non l’ascoltate, perciocchè non siete da Dio.

48 Laonde i Giudei risposero, e gli dissero: Non diciamo noi bene che tu sei Samaritano, e che hai il demonio?

49 Gesù rispose: Io non ho demonio, ma onoro il Padre mio, e voi mi disonorate.