💫WEB · John 7:25
What does John 7:25 mean?
"Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?"
— John 7:25 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
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