John 7:26
But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
27But we know this man, whence he is: whereas when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Cross References
Psalms 40:9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Isaiah 50:7For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
John 9:22These words his parents spoke, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
John 12:42Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on 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 →