John 8:19 (YLT)

Passage

They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

Nearby Context

John 8:17 and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

John 8:18 I am <FI>one<Fi> who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'

John 8:19 They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

John 8:20 These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;

John 8:21 therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "therefore", "where", "father", "jesus", "answered", "neither", and "known". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "I am FI one Fi who is..." into verse 20's "These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury...", so "said" and "therefore" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.