John 7:27

Yet we know this man, whence he is; the Messiah, when he shall come, no one knoweth whence he is.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 lo, he discourseth publicly, and they say nothing to him. Do our Elders know, that he really is the Messiah?

28And Jesus, while teaching in the temple, raised his voice and said: Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am. And I did not come of my own accord; but he that sent me is true. Him ye know not;

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Cross References

Matthew 2:5And they said: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written in the prophet:

Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and of Joses and of Judas and of Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were stumbled in him.

John 6:42And they said: Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? And how doth he say: I came down from heaven?

John 7:41Others said: He is the Messiah. Others said: Doth Messiah come from Galilee?

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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