John 7:25-30

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁵Then some of the Jerusalem people said, Is not this the Man they seek to kill?

²⁶And here He is speaking openly, and they say nothing to Him! Can it be possible that the rulers have discovered and know that this is truly the Christ?

²⁷No, we know where this Man comes from; when the Christ arrives, no one is to know from what place He comes.

²⁸Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple [^[a]porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine, steadfast); and Him you do not know!

²⁹I know Him [Myself] because I come from His [very] presence, and it was He [personally] Who sent Me.

³⁰Therefore they were eager to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, for His hour (time) had not yet come.

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John 7:28 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

John 7:25-30

New International Version

Division Over Who Jesus Is

²⁵At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?^(A) ²⁶Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities^(B) really concluded that he is the Messiah?^(C) ²⁷But we know where this man is from;^(D) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,^(E) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.^(F) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.^(G) You do not know him, ²⁹but I know him^(H) because I am from him and he sent me.”^(I)