John 7:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ But we know where this man is from. Yet when the real ·Christ [Messiah] comes, no one will know where he comes from.” [^CSome Jewish traditions claimed the Messiah would be unknown until he came to deliver Israel.]

²⁸ Jesus, teaching in the Temple [courts; 2:14], cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. But I have not come ·by my own authority [on my own initiative; ^Lfrom myself]. I was sent by the One who is true, whom you don’t know. ²⁹ But I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”