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John 7:27

Yet of this we know from whence he is; but when the Meshicha cometh, no man knoweth from whence he is.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

In Context

26and, behold, openly he discourseth, and nothing say they to him. Do the elders know that this is truly the Meshicha?

28Jeshu lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, You know me, and from whence I am you know: and of myself I am not come; but true is he who sent me, he whom you know not.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:5But they said, In Beth-lechem of Jehuda; for so it is written in the prophet:

Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mariam, and the brother of Jacub, and of Josi, and of Jehuda, and of Shemun? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.

John 6:42And they said, Is not this Jeshu bar Jauseph, he whose father and mother we know? and how saith this, From heaven I have descended?

John 7:41Others said, This is the Meshicha. Others said, How from Galila cometh the Meshicha?

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 →

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