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John 7:24-26
New English Translation

24 Do not judge according to external appearance,[a] but judge with proper[b] judgment.”

Questions About Jesus’ Identity

25 Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man[c] they are trying[d] to kill? 26 Yet here he is, speaking publicly,[e] and they are saying nothing to him.[f] Do the ruling authorities[g] really know that this man[h] is the Christ?[i]

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:24 tn Or “based on sight.”
  2. John 7:24 tn Or “honest”; Grk “righteous.”
  3. John 7:25 tn Grk “Is it not this one.”
  4. John 7:25 tn Grk “seeking.”
  5. John 7:26 tn Or “speaking openly.”
  6. John 7:26 sn They are saying nothing to him. Some people who had heard Jesus were so impressed with his teaching that they began to infer from the inactivity of the opposing Jewish leaders a tacit acknowledgment of Jesus’ claims.
  7. John 7:26 tn Grk “the rulers.” In context this refers to the Jewish leaders.
  8. John 7:26 tn Grk “this one.”
  9. John 7:26 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
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