25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” 28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.” 30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
Commentary
Vs. 25-27 25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not
He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to
Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this
Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”
With Jesus’ bold exhortation and rebuke of the Jews leadership assembled in Jerusalem for the feast, some of the people of Jerusalem now begin to say amongst themselves, … “Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?” vs. 25-26
However, their
wondering about Jesus, and their bewilderment about their leaderships in action
towards Him, is all short lived. For no sooner have they said that, that they
now also say, “However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no
one knows where He is from.” Vs. 27
Thus in their
statement we see their own unbelief about Him, for they thought Jesus was just
a carpenters son from Nazareth, as well they thought that no one would know
where the Messiah is from, and yet the Scripture gives plenty of indisputable prophetic
evidence to link the Messiah with Jesus Christ who Himself has come from God to
them and us all.
Vs. 28-29 28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
Jesus then hearing what they were all saying and reasoning amongst themselves now cries out while teaching in the Temple to them all, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
Now in saying as much, Jesus was telling them that they “knew” Him as Jesus of Nazareth, however they did not Know Him as the Son of God, who did not come on His own Will, but of the Will of God the Father who sent Him! Therefore, because they do not know Him as the Son of God, they neither know God the Father in heaven, however as Jesus says, He knows Him, for He is from Him, for He sent Him!
Vs. 30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Having heard that strong rebuke of their unbelief from Jesus, they once again seek to take Him, “…but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.”
Vs. 31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
The Lord Jesus Christ’s bold Word and stance really polarized the people, for on the one hand you had people wanting to take and kill Him (i.e. primarily the Jews leadership), and on the other there were people who taking the evidence of His Works and Words at face value began to fear and say amongst themselves, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
Scripture Quotations
New King James (1982):Thomas Nelson.
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