They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
Verse 27. They understood not. They knew not, or they were unwilling to receive him as a messenger from God. They doubtless understood that he meant to speak of God, but they were unwilling to acknowledge that he really came from God.
As he spake these words,.... Concerning his being lifted up, or his crucifixion, and the knowledge the Jews should then have of him; of the excellency and divinity of his doctrine, of his mission from the Father, and of the Father's presence with him, and of his always doing the things that are pleasing in his sight; which were spoken by him with majesty and...
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. (11) Even the contempt of Christ results in his glory: and this thing his enemies will eventually feel to their great pain.