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John 7:27

Jesus

25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

29 but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
KJV
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
WEB
However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
ASV
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
DARBY
But [as to] this [man] we know whence he is. Now [as to] the Christ, when he comes, no one knows whence he is.
BLB
But we know this [man], where He is from. But the Christ, when He may come, no one knows where He is from.”
ÅB
Men om denne mann vet vi hvor han er fra; men når Messias kommer, vet ingen hvor han er fra.
OTB
Men vi vet hvor denne mannen er fra; når Messias kommer, vil hans opprinnelse være ukjent.»
B1930
Men om denne mann vet vi hvor han er fra; men når Messias kommer, vet ingen hvor han er fra.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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  • John 7:41–42

    Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

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  • John 9:29

    We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

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  • John 6:42

    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

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  • Matthew 13:54–57

    Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

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  • Jeremiah 30:21

    Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.

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  • Mark 6:3

    Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.

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  • Matthew 2:5–6

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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