John 7:26

John 7:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
• New International Version (NIV)Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
• New King James Version (NKJV)But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?

Context of John 7:26

24Do not judge by appearance, but judge righteously.” 25Then some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the person they’re trying to kill? Look, He speaks openly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be that the leaders know He is the Messiah? 27But we know where this person is from. But the Messiah, whenever He may come, no one knows where He is from.” 28Then, while teaching in the Temple courts, Yeshua cried out, “You know both who I am and where I am from! I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

John 7:26 word by word

καὶ ἴδε παρρησίᾳ λαλεῖ, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ λέγουσιν. μήποτε ἀληθῶς ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἄρχοντες ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• loὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• he speakethλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• boldlyπαρρησίαparrhēsia · boldnessG3954
• they sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·μήποτεmēpote mē pote · lestG3379
• Doγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• the rulersὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the rulersἄρχωνarchōn · rulerG758
• indeedἀληθῶςalēthōs · trulyG230
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for John 7:26

• Psalms 40:9I delight to do Your will, O my God. Yes, Your Torah is within my being.”
• Psalms 71:15My mouth will recount Your justice and Your salvation all day, though I do not know the sum of them.
• Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
• Isaiah 42:4He will not be disheartened or crushed until He establishes justice on earth. The islands will wait for His Torah.
• Isaiah 50:7For Adonai Elohim will help Me. Therefore I have not been disgraced. Therefore I set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.
• Matthew 22:16And they sent to Him some of their disciples, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are honest and teach the way of God in truth. And what others think doesn’t concern You, for You do not look at men’s appearance.
• Acts 4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and figured out they were laymen without training, they were amazed. They began to realize that these men had been with Yeshua.
• Ephesians 6:19And pray for me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
• Philippians 1:14Because of my imprisonment, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord to dare more than ever to speak the message fearlessly.
• 2 Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of timidity but of power and love and self-discipline.
• John 7:48Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
• John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Judean leaders. For the Judean leaders had already agreed that anyone who professed Yeshua to be Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.
• John 11:47So the ruling kohanim and Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we doing?” they asked. “This Man is performing many signs!
• John 12:42Nevertheless many, even among the leaders, put their trust in Him. But because of the Pharisees, they were not confessing Yeshua, so they would not be thrown out of the synagogue;
• Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and Torah lawyers, not having been immersed by John, declared God’s purpose invalid for themselves.

Commentaries on John 7:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26That this is the very Christ? - In most of the common printed editions is found, the Very Christ; but the word is wanting in BDKLTX, twenty-two others, several editions; all the Arabic, Wheelock's Persic, the Coptic, Sahidic, Armenian, Slavonic, Vulgate, and all the Itala but one, Origen, Epiphanius, Cyril, Isidore, Pelusian, and Nonnus. Grotius, Mill, Bengel, and Griesbach, decide against it. Bishop Pearce says, I am of opinion that this second , in this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Do the rulers know indeed … - It seems from this that they supposed that the rulers had been convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, but that from some cause they were not willing yet to make it known to the people. The reasons of this opinion were these: 1.They knew that they had attempted to kill him. 2.They now saw him speaking boldly to the people without interruption from the rulers. They concluded, therefore, that some change had taken place in the…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. 1-52This chapter describes Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus used parts of the feast to reveal his true identity to his fellow Jews and to show that he had fulfilled the feast's essential meaning (see 7:37–39; 8:12).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