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25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And look, He is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to Him. (A)Do the rulers truly know that this is the [a]Christ? 27 However, (B)we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” 28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, (C)teaching and saying, (D)You both know Me and know where I am from; and (E)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 (F)I know Him, because (G)I am from Him, and (H)He sent Me.” 30 So they (I)were seeking to seize Him; [b]yet no man laid his hand on Him, because His (J)hour had not yet come. 31 But (K)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “(L)When the [c]Christ comes, will He do more [d](M)signs than this man did?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:26 Messiah
  2. John 7:30 Lit and
  3. John 7:31 Messiah
  4. John 7:31 Or attesting miracles

The Identity of the Messiah

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem(A) were saying, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Yet, look, he’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to him. Can it be true that the authorities(B) know he is the Messiah?(C) 27 But we know where this man is from.(D) When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where he is from.”

28 As he was teaching in the temple,(E) Jesus cried out, “You know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me(F) is true. You don’t know him;(G) 29 I know him because I am from him, and he sent me.”(H)

30 Then they tried to seize him. Yet no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come. 31 However, many from the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he won’t perform more signs than this man has done,(I) will he?”

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