John 7:26
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Messiah?
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In Context
25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Cross References
Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.Behold, I will not seal my lips, Lord, you know.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues;but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Isaiah 50:7For the Lord God will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the Law scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
John 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jewish leaders; for the Jewish leaders had already agreed that if any man would confess him as the Messiah, he would be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not 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 →