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John 8:19

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Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
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  1. John 16:3Rank 1 from verse 19
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    3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  2. John 8:54–55Rank 2 from verse 19
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    54Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

    55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

  3. John 14:6–9Rank 3 from verse 19
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

    7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

    8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

  4. 2 Corinthians 4:4–6Rank 4 from verse 19
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    4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

    5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  5. 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 5 from verse 19
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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

  6. John 1:10Rank 6 from verse 19
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    10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

  7. John 7:28Rank 7 from verse 19
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    28Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

  8. Matthew 11:25Rank 8 from verse 19
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    25¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

  9. 2 John 1:9Rank 9 from verse 19
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    9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

  10. Jeremiah 24:7Rank 10 from verse 19
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    7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

  11. Luke 10:21–22Rank 11 from verse 19
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    21¶ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

    22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

  12. 1 John 5:20Rank 12 from verse 19
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  13. Galatians 4:9Rank 13 from verse 19
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    9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

  14. John 17:3Rank 14 from verse 19
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    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

  15. Colossians 1:10Rank 15 from verse 19
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  16. Jeremiah 22:16Rank 16 from verse 19
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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

  17. John 10:14–15Rank 17 from verse 19
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    14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

    15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  18. John 15:21Rank 18 from verse 19
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    21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

  19. Colossians 1:15Rank 19 from verse 19
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    15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

  20. Ephesians 1:17Rank 20 from verse 19
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    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

  21. Hebrews 1:3Rank 21 from verse 19
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    3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  22. John 1:18Rank 22 from verse 19
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    18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

  23. John 17:25–26Rank 23 from verse 19
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    25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

    26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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John 8:19

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8:12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

8:13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

8:14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

8:15Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

8:16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

8:17It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

8:18I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

8:19Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

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8:20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

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