John 2:25

John 2:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
• New International Version (NIV)He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.

Context of John 2:25

23Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in His name [identifying themselves with Him] after seeing His signs (attesting miracles) which He was doing. 24But Jesus, for His part, did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all people [and understood the superficiality and fickleness of human nature], and He did not need anyone to testify concerning man [and human nature], for He Himself knew what was in man [in their hearts—in the very core of their being].

John 2:25 word by word

καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρείαν εἶχεν ἵνα τις μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐγίνωσκεν τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• neededχρείαchreia · needG5532
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• should testifyμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• manὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• knewγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Commentaries on John 2:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Should testify of man - Should give him the character of any man. He knew what was in man - This he did because he had made all John 1:3, and because he was God, John 1:1. There can be no higher evidence than this that he was omniscient, and was therefore divine. To search the heart is the prerogative of God alone Jeremiah 17:10; and as Jesus knew what was in “these disciples,” and as it is expressly said that he knew what was in man - that is, in “all…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-25Verses 23-25 Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. He knows his crafty enemies, and all their secret projects; his false friends, and their true characters. He knows who are truly his, knows their uprightness, and knows their weaknesses. We know what is done by men; Christ knows what is in them, he tries the heart. Beware of a dead faith, or a formal profession: carnal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25In this section, Jesus appeared at two symbolic Jewish ceremonies. At a wedding in Cana (2:1–12), he replaced the ritual cleansing water with his own superior wine. Later, around Passover, he cleansed the temple (2:13–25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2523-25. in the feast day--the foregoing things occurring probably before the feast began. many believed--superficially, struck merely by "the miracles He did." Of these we have no record.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings