John 7:26

John 7:26

24 ^aDo not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

Could This Be the Christ?

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to ^akill?

26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. ^aDo the rulers know indeed that this is¹ truly the Christ?

27 ^aHowever, 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, ^a“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and ^bI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me ^cis true, ^dwhom you do not know.

29 But ^aI know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

30 Therefore ^athey sought to take Him; but ^bno one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

31 And ^amany of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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They say nothing unto him (ouden autoi legousin). But only make sneering comments about him (John 7:16) in spite of his speaking "openly" (parrhsiai, for which word see John 7:13; John 18:20) before all. lt was sarcasm about the leaders, though an element of surprise on the part of "these shrewd townsmen" (Bernard) may have existed also.

Can it be that the rulers indeed know (mh pote alhqwv egnwsin oi arxontev). Negative answer expected by mh pote and yet there is ridicule of the rulers in the form of the question. See a like use of mh pote in Luke 3:15, though nowhere else in John. Egnwsan (second aorist ingressive active indicative of ginwskw) may refer to the examination of Jesus by these rulers in John 5:19 ff. and means, "Did they come to know or find out" (and so hold now)?

That this is the Christ (oti outov estin o Xristov). The Messiah of Jewish hope.

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