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John 7:28
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28 So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.(A)

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John 7:28
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28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts,[a] cried out,[b] “You both know me and know where I come from![c] And I have not come on my own initiative,[d] but the one who sent me[e] is true. You do not know him,[f]

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  1. John 7:28 tn Grk “the temple.”
  2. John 7:28 tn Grk “Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying.”
  3. John 7:28 sn You both know me and know where I come from! Jesus’ response while teaching in the temple is difficult—it appears to concede too much understanding to his opponents. It is best to take the words as irony: “So you know me and know where I am from, do you?” On the physical, literal level, they did know where he was from: Nazareth of Galilee (at least they thought they knew). But on another deeper (spiritual) level, they did not: He came from heaven, from the Father. Jesus insisted that he has not come on his own initiative (cf. 5:37), but at the bidding of the Father who sent him.
  4. John 7:28 tn Grk “And I have not come from myself.”
  5. John 7:28 tn The phrase “the one who sent me” refers to God.
  6. John 7:28 tn Grk “the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.”
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