John 8:27

27 et non cognoverunt quia Patrem eis dicebat

John 8:27 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:27

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 promise, or threatening; such was their stupidity, that they did not know that he meant God the Father by him that sent him, so deriving his mission and doctrine from him; their hearts were made fat, and hardened, and their eyes were blinded. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "they did not know that he said, God was his Father"; and so Beza's most ancient copy, and another exemplar of his.

John 8:27 In-Context

25 dicebant ergo ei tu quis es dixit eis Iesus principium quia et loquor vobis

26 multa habeo de vobis loqui et iudicare sed qui misit me verax est et ego quae audivi ab eo haec loquor in mundo

27 et non cognoverunt quia Patrem eis dicebat

28 dixit ergo eis Iesus cum exaltaveritis Filium hominis tunc cognoscetis quia ego sum et a me ipso facio nihil sed sicut docuit me Pater haec loquor

29 et qui me misit mecum est non reliquit me solum quia ego quae placita sunt ei facio semper