Parallel Verses

King James 2000

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

New American Standard Bible

They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father.

International Standard Version

They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.

A Conservative Version

They did not understand that he spoke the Father to them.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

They did not realize [or have the spiritual insight to understand] that He was speaking to them about the Father.

An Understandable Version

The people [who heard this] did not understand that Jesus was speaking to them about the Father.

Anderson New Testament

They knew not that he was speaking to them of the Father.

Bible in Basic English

They did not see that his words were about the Father.

Common New Testament

They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.

Daniel Mace New Testament

but they did not perceive that he meant the father.

Darby Translation

They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.

Godbey New Testament

They did not know that He spoke to them concerning the Father.

Goodspeed New Testament

They did not understand that he was speaking to them of the Father.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

(They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)

Modern King James verseion

They did not understand that He spoke to them of the Father.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Howbeit, they understood not that he spake of his father.

Moffatt New Testament

They did not understand he was speaking to them about the Father;

Montgomery New Testament

They did not understand that he meant the Father,

NET Bible

(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

New Heart English Bible

They did not understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

They noted not that, as touching the Father, unto them, he was speaking.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

They did not understand that he meant the Father.

Webster

They understood not that he spoke to them concerning the Father.

Weymouth New Testament

They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.

Williams New Testament

They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.

World English Bible

They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

Worrell New Testament

They perceived not that He was speaking to them of the Father.

Worsley New Testament

But they did not know that He spake unto them of the Father.

Youngs Literal Translation

They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

he spake
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

to them

Usage: 0

Context Readings

Jesus Predicts His Death

26 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. 27 They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. 28 Then said Jesus unto them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.


Cross References

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not.

Isaiah 42:18-20

Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.

Isaiah 59:10

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in desolate places as dead men.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word.

John 8:47

He that is of God hears God's words: you therefore hear them not, because you are not of God.

Romans 11:7-10

What then? Israel has not obtained that which it seeks for; but the election has obtained it, and the rest were blinded

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

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