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THE MESSAGE
John 8:43
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Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to
Why doe yee not vnderstand my speech? euen because yee cannot heare my word.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot listen to My word.
You don't understand what I say, because you cannot accept my teaching.
"Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word.
"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?
Why don't you understand what I'm saying? Because you can't bear to listen to my message.
Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
You don't understand the things I say, because you cannot accept my teaching.
Why doe ye not vnderstande my talke? because ye cannot heare my worde.
Why therefore do you not understand my word? Because you cannot obey my word?
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message.
Why do you not understand my way of speaking? Because you are not able to listen to my message.
Why do you not know My speech? It is because you are not able to hear My Word.
Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
Why don't you understand my language? It's because you can't listen to my words.John 7:17;">[xr]
Wherefore my word do you not acknowledge ? Because you cannot hear my word.
Why do ye not understand my speech? It is because ye cannot hear my speech.
Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.
Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
Why do ye not understand my discourse? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
Whi knowen ye not my speche? for ye moun not here my word.
Why do you not understand my speech? [Even] because you can't hear my word.
Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.
Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.
Why can't you understand what I am saying? It's because you can't even hear me!
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you do not want to hear My teaching.
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word.
Wherefore, is it, that, my speech, ye do not understand? because ye cannot hear my word.
Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
Why do ye not knowe my speache? Even because ye cannot abyde the hearynge of my wordes.
wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
Why knowe ye not the my speach? Eue because ye can not abyde the hearinge of my worde.
why do not you understand my language? unless because ye cannot bear my doctrine?
Why do y'all not understand this? Am I speaking a foreign language that you've never heard?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
do: John 8:27, John 5:43, John 7:17, John 12:39, John 12:40, Proverbs 28:5, Isaiah 44:18, Hosea 14:9, Micah 4:12, Romans 3:11
ye cannot: John 6:60, Isaiah 6:9, Jeremiah 6:10, Acts 7:51, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:4 - General Isaiah 56:11 - are shepherds Hosea 4:14 - therefore Matthew 13:15 - ears Matthew 13:19 - and understandeth Matthew 16:11 - General Luke 22:67 - If John 5:44 - can John 6:44 - man John 8:37 - because John 8:47 - General John 10:6 - they understood not John 10:27 - sheep 1 Corinthians 2:14 - receiveth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Why do ye not understand my speech?.... Language, idiom, dialect, and form of speaking, in a figurative way; for they did not know what he meant by liberty, and bondage, and by having another father than Abraham, or by his own procession and coming forth from God:
[even] because ye cannot hear my word; as they had no spiritual discerning and understanding of the doctrine of Christ, which showed them to be carnal, and natural men, and not regenerate ones, and the children of God; so they had an aversion to it, and could not bear to hear it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Why do ye not ... - My meaning is clear, if you were disposed to understand me.
Even because ye cannot hear my word - The word âhearâ in this place is to be understood in the sense of bear or tolerate, as in John 6:60. His doctrine was offensive to them. They hated it, and hence they perverted his meaning, and were resolved not to understand him. Their pride, vanity, and wickedness opposed it. The reason why sinners do not understand the Bible and its doctrines is because they cannot bear them. They hate them, and their hatred produces want of candor, a disposition to cavil and to pervert the truth, and an obstinate purpose that it shall not be applied to their case. Hence, they embrace every form of false doctrine, and choose error rather than truth, and darkness rather than light. A disposition to believe God is one of the best helps for understanding the Bible.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 43. Why do ye not understand my speech? — Ïην λαλιαν Ïην εμην, This my mode of speaking - when illustrating spiritual by natural things: λαλια refers to the manner of speaking; λογοÏ, to the matter or subject on which he spoke. For λαλιαν, the Codex Bezae had originally αληθειαν: why do ye not acknowledge this TRUTH of mine? A few other MSS. agree in this reading.
Because ye cannot hear my word. — That is, ye cannot bear my doctrine: it comes too close to you; it searches your hearts, detects your hypocrisy, and exposes your iniquitous intentions and designs; and as ye are determined not to leave your sins, so ye are purposed not to hear my doctrine.
