John 7:26
But, lo, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers really know that this is the Christ?
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
25Then some people of Jerusalem said, Is this not the man whom they seek to kill?
27Yet we know where this man is from: but when the Christ comes, no man will know where he is from.
Cross References
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
John 9:22His parents said this because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him to be the Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42Nevertheless, even among the chief rulers, many believed in him; but because 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 →