John 8:43

8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ¹  my teaching. ² 

John 8:45-47

8:45 But because I am telling you ³  the truth, you do not believe me. 8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ⁴  of any sin? ⁵  If I am telling you ⁶  the truth, why don’t you believe me? 8:47 The one who belongs to ⁷  God listens and responds ⁸  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ⁹  because you don’t belong to God.” ¹⁰ 

[8:43]  ¹ tn Grk “you cannot hear,” but this is not a reference to deafness, but rather hearing in the sense of listening to something and responding to it.

[8:43]  ² tn Grk “my word.”

[8:45]  ³ tn Or “because I tell you.”

[8:46]  ⁴ tn Or “can convict me.”

[8:46]  ⁵ tn Or “of having sinned”; Grk “of sin.”

[8:46]  ⁶ tn Or “if I tell you.”

[8:47]  ⁷ tn Grk “who is of.”

[8:47]  ⁸ tn Grk “to God hears” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ⁹ tn Grk “you do not hear” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “you are not of God.”