John 7:26
And behold, he is speaking openly, and they say nothing to him. Could the leaders have decided that it is true this one is the Christ?
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In Context
25Therefore, some of those from Jerusalem said: “Is he not the one whom they are seeking to kill?
Cross References
Psalms 40:9They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?
Proverbs 28:1The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.
Isaiah 50:7The Lord God is my helper. Therefore, I have not been confounded. Therefore, I have set my face like a very hard rock, and I know that I will not be confounded.
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the experts in the law despised the counsel of God concerning themselves, by not being baptized by him.
John 9:22His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already conspired, so that if anyone were to confess him to be the Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
John 12:42Yet truly, many of the leaders also believed in him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, so that they would not be cast out of the synagogue.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →