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They did notοὐκunderstandἔγνωσανthatὅτιhe was speakingἔλεγενto themαὐτοῖςabout the Father.τὸν πατέρα
John 8:27
Study it in the app“They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.”
With the Greek beneath
John 8:27, word by word
- understandἔγνωσανegnōsan
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnōsan” appears- he was speakingἔλεγενelegen
mean
To mean, refer to something.
Where else “elegen” appears- about the Fatherπατέραpatera
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appears
The context
26I have many things to say about you and to judge; but the one who sent me is true, and I speak to the world what I have heard from him.”
27 · This verse (above)
28So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father taught me.
To study John 8 in a group
1. What it says
When the woman caught in adultery is brought to him, what does Jesus say to her accusers, and what does he say to her at the end? (vv. 3-11)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the light of the world” and “the truth will set you free.” What link is there between remaining in his word and freedom? (vv. 12, 31-36)
3. How I live it
The accusers left one by one when Jesus spoke about sin (v. 9). When is it your turn to look at yourself before pointing at others?