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Selected Verse: John 7:28 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 7:28 |
King James |
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
cried Jesus--in a louder tone, and more solemn, witnessing style than usual.
Ye both, &c.--that is, "Yes, ye know both Myself and My local parentage, and (yet) I am not come of Myself."
but he that sent me is true, &c.--Probably the meaning is, "He that sent Me is the only real Sender of any one." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Ye know whence I am - You have sufficient evidence of my divine mission, and that I am the Messiah.
Is true - Is worthy to be believed. He has given evidence that I came from him, and he is worthy to be believed. Many read this as a question - Do ye know me, and know whence I am? I have not come from myself, etc. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Then (οὗν)
Rev., rightly, therefore, giving the reason for the succeeding words in Jesus' emotion awakened by the misconceptions of the people.
Cried (ἔκραξεν)
See on Mar 5:5; see on Mar 9:24.
As He taught (διδάσκων)
Better, Rev., teaching. The expression cried teaching implies speaking in a peculiarly solemn manner and with an elevation of voice.
Me - whence I am
Conceding the truth of the people's statement in Joh 7:27, we know this man whence he is, so far as His outward person and His earthly origin were concerned. He goes on to show that they are ignorant of His divine relationship.
True (ἀληθινὸς)
True to the ideal of a sender: a genuine sender in the highest sense of the term. See on Joh 1:9. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Then cried Jesus - With a loud and earnest voice. Do ye both know me, and know whence I am ? - Ye do indeed know whence I am as a man. But ye know not my Divine nature, nor that I am sent from God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am - Perhaps they should be read interrogatively: Do ye both know me, and know whence I am? Our Lord takes them up on their own profession, and argues from it. Since you have got so much information concerning me, add this to it, to make it complete; viz. that I am not come of myself; am no self-created or self-authorized prophet; I came from God: - the testimony of John the Baptist, the descent of the Holy Ghost, the voice from heaven, the purity and excellence of my doctrine, and the multitude of my miracles, sufficiently attest this. Now, God is true who has borne testimony to me; but ye know him not, therefore it is that this testimony is disregarded. |
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.