Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
He that is of God - He that loves, fears, and honors God.
Heareth God' s words - Listens to, or attends to the doctrines or commandments of God, as a child who loves his parent will regard and obey his commandments. This is an evidence of true piety. A willingness to receive all that God teaches us and to obey all his commandments, is an undoubted proof that we are his friends, John 14:21; I John 2:4; I John 3:24. As the Jews did not show a readiness to obey the commands of God, it proved that they were not of him, and to this was owing their rejection of the Lord Jesus.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing John 8:47:
Zechariah 6:15
Malachi 3:1
Matthew 19:1
John 5:24
John 8:50
John 10:26
John 18:37
Acts 4:19
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