John 7:26
And behold, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, that this is the Christ?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
27But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Cross References
Psalms 40:9that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
Isaiah 50:7The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
John 9:22These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42However, many of the chief men also believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, that they might 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 →