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 8:47

8:47 The one who belongs to ³  God listens and responds ⁴  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ⁵  because you don’t belong to God.” ⁶ 

[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.”

[8:47]  ³ tn Grk “who is of.”

[8:47]  ⁴ tn Grk “to God hears” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ⁵ tn Grk “you do not hear” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ⁶ tn Grk “you are not of God.”