John 7:25-31

International Standard Version

Is This the Messiah?

²⁵ Then some of the people of Jerusalem began saying, “This is the man they are trying to kill, isn’t it? ²⁶ And look, he is speaking in public, and they are not saying anything to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah?^{[a] 27} We know where this man comes from. But when the Messiah^[b] comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

²⁸ At this point Jesus, still teaching in the Temple, shouted, “So you know me and know where I’ve come from? I haven’t come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he’s the one you don’t know. ²⁹ I know him because I’ve come from him, and he sent me.”

³⁰ Because of this, the Jewish leaders^[c] kept trying to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come. ³¹ However, many in the crowd believed in him. They kept saying, “When the Messiah^[d] comes, he won’t do more signs than this man has done, will he?”