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27 No, we know where this Man comes from; when the Christ arrives, no one is to know from what place He comes.

28 Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple [[a]porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine, steadfast); and Him you do not know!

29 I know Him [Myself] because I come from His [very] presence, and it was He [personally] Who sent Me.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:28 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

27 But we know where this man is from;(A) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(B) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(C) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(D) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(E) because I am from him and he sent me.”(F)

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