John Bengel Commentary - John 8:43 - 8:43

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Joh 8:43. Διατί, why is it that) To this particle by and by answers Joh 8:44, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye do].-ὅτι, because) By this clause the one immediately preceding is explained. Comp. ὅτι, ch. Joh 11:47, “What do we? for this man doeth many miracles;” Joh 9:17, “What sayest thou of Him, (seeing) that He hath opened thine eyes].-τὴν λαλιὰν τὴν ἐμήν) my speech, which is most true.-οὐ δύνασθε ἀκούειν, ye cannot hear by reason of the hatred which is innate in you. A similar epitasis [an emphatic explanation of a proposition already stated, appended to it] occurs, 1Co 2:14, “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God-neither can he know them, for,” etc.