John 7:25-31

Common English Bible

²⁵ Some people from Jerusalem said, “Isn’t he the one they want to kill? ²⁶ Here he is, speaking in public, yet they aren’t saying anything to him. Could it be that our leaders actually think he is the Christ? ²⁷ We know where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸ While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he exclaimed, “You know me and where I am from. I haven’t come on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know him. ²⁹ I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” ³⁰ So they wanted to seize Jesus, but they couldn’t because his time hadn’t yet come.

³¹ Many from that crowd believed in Jesus. They said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man does?”