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NASB | John 8:47 "He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 8:47 "Whoever is of God and belongs to Him hears [the truth of] God's words; for this reason you do not hear them: because you are not of God and you are not in fellowship with Him." |
Bible Question:
I appreciate your insight into the language. Yet even you paraphrase; "The ones who are of God always hear and believe My words. That is why you do not hear or believe: because you are not of God." points out the problem I'm having in understanding, since vs 31 and prior, (especially vs 23 - 30) states Jesus is talking to the Jews who had believed (put their faith in him) after having heard him teach. I have to wonder, if the people being addressed in vs 32 are the believers, and in vs 33 he again is addressing the Pharisees wtih whom he had been reasoning earlier? That would make the rest of the passage make sense. |
Bible Answer: I'd say that such an assumption would not be entirely inappropriate. As John Gill says regarding verse 31, "There are two sorts of disciples of Christ; some are only nominal, and merely in profession such; and these sometimes draw back from him, discontinue in his word, and go out from among his people; which shows that they never were of them, nor are the true disciples of Jesus; for the genuine disciples of Christ continue in his Gospel, hold fast to him, the head, and remain with his people; which to do to the end, is an evidence, of their being disciples indeed." |