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John 8:27
They did not see that his words were about the Father.
John 8:27 · Bible in Basic English
John 8:27 in other translations
They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
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In context
24 For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.
25 Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.
26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.
27 They did not see that his words were about the Father.
28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.
29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.
30 When he said this a number came to have faith in him.
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