They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
This saying comes in the course of Jesus' teaching that he is the light of the world, holding out to everyone who follows him the light of life and deliverance from walking in darkness. It records that his Jewish hearers did not perceive that he was speaking to them about the Father. Their failure to know the Father was what moved them to resist and oppose his work.
This saying comes in the course of Jesus' teaching that he is the light of the world, holding out to everyone who follows him the light of life and deliverance from walking in darkness. It records that his Jewish hearers did not perceive that he was speaking to them about the Father. Their failure to know the Father was what moved them to resist and oppose his work.