KJV: They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
YLT: They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;
Darby: They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.
ASV: They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
| ἔγνωσαν | they understood |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: γινώσκω Sense: to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel. |
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| ὅτι | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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| τὸν | [about] the |
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Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Πατέρα | Father |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: προπάτωρ Sense: generator or male ancestor. |
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| αὐτοῖς | to them |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| ἔλεγεν | He was speaking |
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Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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Greek Commentary for John 8:27
Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω ginōskō “Preoccupied as they were with thoughts of an earthly deliverer” (Westcott) and prejudiced against recognizing Jesus as the one sent from God. That he spake to them of the Father Indirect assertion, but with the present indicative (λεγει legei) changed to the imperfect (ελεγεν elegen) as was sometimes done (John 2:25) after a secondary tense. [source]
Perceived, as Rev. [source]
Imperfect. Was speaking would be much better. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 8:27
Render, perceive, here as in John 8:27. [source]
Literally, what ye know not. Rev., rightly, that which ye know not. Compare Acts 17:23, where the correct reading is ὃ , what, instead of ὃν , whom: “what therefore ye worship in ignorance.” This worship of the unknown is common to vulgar ignorance and to philosophic culture; to the Samaritan woman, and to the Athenian philosophers. Compare John 7:28; John 8:19, John 8:27. The neuter expresses the unreal and impersonal character of the Samaritan worship. As the Samaritans received the Pentateuch only, they were ignorant of the later and larger revelation of God, as contained especially in the prophetic writings, and of the Messianic hope, as developed among the Jews. They had preserved only the abstract notion of God. [source]