They perceived not (ouk egnōsan). Second aorist active indicative of 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 (hoti ton patera autois elegen). Indirect assertion, but with the present indicative (legei) changed to the imperfect (elegen) as was sometimes done (Joh 2:25) after a secondary tense.