John 7:28 “Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know…”

John 7:28

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,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.

American Standard Version

Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then cried Iesus in the Temple as hee taught, saying, Ye both knowe mee, and knowe whence I am: yet am I not come of my selfe, but he that sent me, is true, whome ye knowe not.

Darby Translation

Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and 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 do not know.

Young's Literal Translation

Jesus cried, therefore, in the temple, teaching and saying, 'Ye have both known me, and ye have known whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but He who sent me is true, whom ye have not known;

Bible in Basic English

Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

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Cross references

“Ye both”

John 8:14 John 1:46 Matthew 2:23 Luke 2:4 Luke 2:11 Luke 2:39

John 8:14 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

John 1:46 · BSB

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

Matthew 2:23 · BSB

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

Luke 2:4 · BSB

So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

Luke 2:11 · BSB

Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

Luke 2:39 · BSB

When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

“and I”

John 8:42 John 5:43 John 12:49 John 3:2 John 8:16 John 10:36

John 8:42 · BSB

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

John 5:43 · BSB

I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 12:49 · BSB

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

John 3:2 · BSB

He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

John 8:16 · BSB

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

John 10:36 · BSB

then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

“is true”

John 8:26 John 3:33 John 5:32 Romans 3:4 2 Corinthians 1:18 Titus 1:2

John 8:26 · BSB

“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

John 3:33 · BSB

Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

John 5:32 · BSB

There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

Romans 3:4 · BSB

Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

2 Corinthians 1:18 · BSB

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

Titus 1:2 · BSB

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

“whom”

John 8:19 Jeremiah 9:6 John 17:3 Matthew 11:27 John 16:3 John 17:25

John 8:19 · BSB

“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

Jeremiah 9:6 · BSB

You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

John 17:3 · BSB

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Matthew 11:27 · BSB

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

John 16:3 · BSB

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

John 17:25 · BSB

Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

Also

John 7:14

John 7:14 · BSB

About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

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

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