John 8:19
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.
KJV
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
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Commentary
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The lamps behind His claim
Jesus says “I am the light of the world” in the Temple treasury (8:20), which stood in the Court of the Women: the very court where, at the feast of Tabernacles just concluded (John 7:2, 37), four great golden lampstands were lit each night, with wicks made from the priests' worn-out garments. The Mishnah says there was not a courtyard in Jerusalem that did not glow with that light (Sukkah 5:2–3). The claim lands where the lamps had just gone out: the light of the feast fades; the light of the world is standing in its court.
Sources: Mishnah Sukkah 5:2–3 (the golden lampstands) · The Light (this site's symbol study)
Original language & word study
26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔλεγον | elegon | They were saying | G3004 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| αὐτῷ· | autō | to Him; | G846 → |
| ποῦ | pou | Where | G4226 → |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| πατήρ | patēr | Father | G3962 → |
| σου;¶ | sou | of You? | G4771 → |
| Ἀπεκρίθη | Apekrithē | Answered | G611 → |
| Ἰησοῦς· | Iēsous | Jesus; | G2424 → |
| οὔτε | oute | Neither | G3777 → |
| ἐμὲ | eme | Me myself | G1473 → |
| οἴδατε | oidate | you know | |
| οὔτε | oute | nor [know] | G3777 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| πατέρα | patera | Father | G3962 → |
| μου. | mou | of Mine. | G3165 → |
| εἰ | ei | If | G1487 → |
| ἐμὲ | eme | Me myself | G1473 → |
| ᾔδειτε | ēdeite | you had known | G1492 → |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| πατέρα | patera | Father | G3962 → |
| μου | mou | of Mine | G3165 → |
| ἂν | an | then would | G302 → |
| ᾔδειτε. | ēdeite | you have known. | G1492 → |
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