SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:19
Y le decían: ¿Dnde est tu Padre? Respondi Jess: Ni a mí me conocis, ni a mi Padre; si a mí me conocieseis, a mi Padre tambin conoceríais.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 8:19
Verse 19. Ye neither know me, &c.] Ye know neither the Messiah, nor the God that sent him. If ye had known me] If ye had received my teaching, ye would have got such an acquaintance with the nature and attributes of God as ye never could have had, and never can have any other way. That is a true saying, No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son, who lay an the bosom of the Father. he hath DECLARED him. The nature and perfections of God never can be properly known, but in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is worthy of remark that, in all this discourse, our blessed Lord ever speaks of the Father and himself as two distinct persons.
Therefore, the Father is not the Son, nor the Son the Father, as some persons vainly imagine; though it is plain enough that the completest unity and equality subsists between them.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. Then said they unto him, where is thy Father ? etc.] The Persic version adds, show [him] unto us: produce this witness boasted of, let us see him; this they said in a sneering, taunting, and insulting manner; where is thy Father? what! he is in Galilee; fetch him from thence; it is Joseph the carpenter you mean; a goodly witness indeed! Jesus answered, ye neither know me nor my Father; if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also ; they did not know the divine original of Christ, that he was the Son of God, and that God was his Father; they greatly boasted of their knowledge of God, but they knew him not; their ignorance of Christ showed it: the knowledge of both go together, and which is life eternal; nor can any truly know the one, without the other: and where the one is known, the other will be also; Christ is the brightness of his Fathers glory, and the express image of his person: so that he that has seen the one, must know the other; and indeed, no one can know the Father, but he to whom the Son reveals him: this was a severe mortification to these men of knowledge.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-20 - If we knew Christ better, we should know the Father better. Thos become vain in their imaginations concerning God, who will not learn of Christ. Those who know not his glory and grace, know not the Fathe that sent him. The time of our departure out of the world, depends upo God. Our enemies cannot hasten it any sooner, nor can our friends dela it any longer, than the time appointed of the Father. Every tru believer can look up and say with pleasure, My times are in thy hand and better there than in my own. To all God's purposes there is a time.
Greek Textus Receptus
ελεγον 3004 5707 V-IAI-3P ουν 3767 CONJ αυτω 846 P-DSM που 4226 PRT-I εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM πατηρ 3962 N-NSM σου 4675 P-2GS απεκριθη 611 5662 V-ADI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM ουτε 3777 CONJ εμε 1691 P-1AS οιδατε 1492 5758 V-RAI-2P ουτε 3777 CONJ τον 3588 T-ASM πατερα 3962 N-ASM μου 3450 P-1GS ει 1487 COND εμε 1691 P-1AS ηδειτε 1492 5715 V-LAI-2P και 2532 CONJ τον 3588 T-ASM πατερα 3962 N-ASM μου 3450 P-1GS ηδειτε 1492 5715 V-LAI-2P αν 302 PRT
Vincent's NT Word Studies
19. Where. The testimony of an unseen and unheard witness would not satisfy them.
