John 7:27

"But we know this man and where he is from; but when the Christ comes no one will know where he comes from."

Montgomery New Testament

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

26"And look! he is speaking boldly and they are saying nothing to him. Can it possibly be that the rulers have really discovered that he is the Christ?

28So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple, and said. "You both know me and you know where I am from; and I am not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is trustworthy, and him you do not know.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:5And they told him. "At Bethlehem in Judea, as it is written in the prophet.

Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of Jamesand Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"

John 6:42"Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?"

John 7:41Other said, "He is the Christ." But others were saying. "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee, is he?

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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