John 8:19

17 Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.

18 I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

“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.”

20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

21 Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“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.”
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.
WEB
They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
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.
DARBY
They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father.
BLB
Therefore they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You⁺ know neither Me nor My Father. If you⁺ had known Me, you⁺ would have known My Father also.”
ÅB
De sa da til ham: Hvor er din Far? Jesus svarte: Dere kjenner hverken meg eller min Far; kjente dere meg, da kjente dere også min Far.
OTB
Da spurte de Ham, “Hvor er Din Far?” Jesus svarte, “Dere kjenner verken Meg eller Min Far. Hvis dere kjente Meg, ville dere også kjenne Min Far.”
B1930
De sa da til ham: Hvor er din Fader? Jesus svarte: I kjenner hverken mig eller min Fader; kjente I mig, da kjente I også min Fader.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 8:54–55

    Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’

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  • John 16:3

    They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

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  • John 14:6–9

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:4–6

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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  • Matthew 11:25

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

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  • John 1:10

    He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

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  • John 7:28

    Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:34

    Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

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