John 7:26
And lo, he discourseth publicly, and they say nothing to him. Do our Elders know, that he really is the Messiah?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
25And some from Jerusalem said: Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
27Yet we know this man, whence he is; the Messiah, when he shall come, no one knoweth whence he is.
Cross References
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and Scribes rejected the good pleasure of God, against themselves; as they were not baptized by him.
John 9:22These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.
John 12:42And of the chiefs also, many believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put 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 →