John 8:47 Commentary - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

1) "He that is of God heareth God's words:” (ho on ek tou theou ta hremata tou theou akouei) "The one who is out of God, he hears (gives heed to) the words of God," responds to what God says. The true prophets did, John the Baptist did, and Jesus did that which He heard and was sent of the Father to do, because they and He were of God, Joh 6:38; Joh 17:4-5.

2) "Ye therefore hear them not," (dia touto humeis ouk akouete) "You all therefore do not hear or heed them," because you are troops of the Devil, the Father's archenemy, Joh 8:44; 1Jn 3:8; 1Jn 3:10.

3) "Because ye are not of God." (hoti ek tou theou ouk este) "Because you are not (exist not) out of God," of the nature of God, have not been born again, or made a partaker of His Divine nature, Joh 3:6-7; 2Pe 1:4; They were of the same Satanic attitude toward Jesus that Satan was to Adam and Eve in Eden, Gen 3:4-5.