John 7:27

John 7:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
• New International Version (NIV)But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from."
• New King James Version (NKJV)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

Context of John 7:27

25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ? But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.” 28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him, 29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

John 7:27 word by word

ἀλλὰ τοῦτον οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν· ὁ δὲ χριστὸς ὅταν ἔρχηται, οὐδεὶς γινώσκει πόθεν ἐστίν.¶Read the interlinear

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• we knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• whereπόθενpothen · whenceG4159
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• is fromεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• comesἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• no oneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• will knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097

Cross-references for John 7:27

• John 7:15The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
• John 6:42They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
• Matthew 13:54Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
• Mark 6:3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.
• Luke 4:22All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
• John 7:41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
• Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
• Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
• Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
• Jeremiah 30:21Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
• Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
• Matthew 2:5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
• Acts 8:33In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

Commentaries on John 7:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27No man knoweth whence he is - The generality of the people knew very well that the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem, in the city, and of the family, of David; see John 7:42. But, from Isaiah 53:8, Who shall declare his generation? they probably thought that there should be something so peculiarly mysterious in his birth, or in the manner of his appearing, that no person could fully understand. Had they considered his miraculous conception, they would…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Howbeit - But. They proceeded to state a reason why they supposed that he could not be the Messiah, whatever the rulers might think. We know this man whence he is - We know the place of his birth and residence. No man knoweth whence he is - From Matthew 2:5, it appears that the common expectation of the Jews was that the Messiah would be born at Bethlehem; but they had also feigned that after his birth he would be hidden or taken away in some mysterious…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-30Verses 25-30 Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with his claim to peculiar knowledge, provoked the hearers; and they sought to take him, but God can tie men's hands, though he does not turn their hearts.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Some people in the crowd believed they knew where Jesus came from. Because they could trace his earthly origins, they thought he could not be the Messiah. They expected the Messiah to appear suddenly and in a mysterious way. Since Jesus had grown up among them, they assumed he did not fit their expectations.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. some of them of Jerusalem--the citizens, who, knowing the long-formed purpose of the rulers to put Jesus to death, wondered that they were now letting Him teach openly.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 7

• 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
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings