The Jews misunderstood Jesus, and had no wish to understand, rather they wished to trap him in obvious blasphemy, so they asked, "Whom do you call Father?" Joseph was long since dead, and they knew what Jesus had in mind by "My Father." But they looked for a direct assertion that God was his Father.
Wayahudi walikuwa hawakumwelewa Yesu, wala hawakutamani kumwelewa, bali walitamani kumtega katika unafiki waliofikiri ni wazi; hivyo wakauliza, „Ni nani unayemwita Baba?“ Yusufu (babaye kimwili) alikuwa amefariki tangu siku nyingi, nao walijua ni neno gani ambalo Yesu aliliwaza kwa kusema „Baba yangu“. Lakini walitazamia kupata thibitisho la moja kwa moja kwamba Mungu ndiye Baba yake.