John 7:27
However we know where this man comes from, but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from."
New Heart English Bible
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
Cross References
Isaiah 53:8He was taken away by oppression and judgment;and as for his generation,who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the livingand stricken for the disobedience of my people?
Jeremiah 30:21Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from their midst; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says the Lord.
Matthew 2:5And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of Jacob, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.
John 6:42They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
John 7:41Others said, "This is the Messiah." But some said, "What, does the Messiah come out of 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 →