Ἰωάννην 2:25

Greek Modern Translation

και διοτι δεν ειχε χρειαν δια να μαρτυρηση τις περι του ανθρωπου· επειδη αυτος εγνωριζε τι ητο εντος του ανθρωπου.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρείαν εἶχεν ἵνα τις μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐγίνωσκεν τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρείαν εἶχεν ἵνα τις μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐγίνωσκεν τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
και οτι ου χρειαν ειχεν ινα τις μαρτυρηση περι του ανθρωπου αυτος γας εγινωσκεν τι ην εν τω ανθρωπω

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
και οτι ου χρειαν ειχεν ινα τις μαρτυρηση περι του ανθρωπου αυτος γαρ εγινωσκεν τι ην εν τω ανθρωπω

Byzantine/Majority Text
και οτι ου χρειαν ειχεν ινα τις μαρτυρηση περι του ανθρωπου αυτος γας εγινωσκεν τι ην εν τω ανθρωπω

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Genesis 18:13 - Wherefore Genesis 18:15 - Nay Deuteronomy 8:2 - to know Deuteronomy 31:21 - I know Joshua 22:22 - he knoweth 2 Samuel 7:20 - knowest 1 Kings 8:39 - for thou 1 Chronicles 28:9 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 6:30 - thou only Job 10:6 - General Job 11:11 - he knoweth Job 42:2 - no Psalms 139:2 - understandest Proverbs 15:11 - the hearts Proverbs 21:2 - the Lord Jeremiah 17:10 - the Lord Ezekiel 11:5 - for Amos 4:13 - and declareth Matthew 9:2 - seeing Matthew 9:4 - knowing Matthew 12:25 - Jesus Matthew 16:8 - when Matthew 22:18 - perceived Mark 2:5 - saw Mark 2:8 - when Mark 8:17 - knew Mark 9:33 - What Mark 12:15 - knowing Mark 14:15 - he will Luke 5:20 - he saw Luke 6:8 - But Luke 9:47 - perceiving Luke 11:17 - knowing Luke 16:15 - God Luke 20:23 - he Luke 22:12 - he John 1:42 - Thou art John 1:48 - when John 4:16 - Go John 5:42 - I know John 6:15 - perceived John 6:61 - General John 6:64 - For John 13:11 - General John 16:19 - Jesus John 21:17 - Lord Acts 1:24 - Lord Acts 15:8 - which 2 Corinthians 11:11 - God 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God 1 John 3:20 - and Revelation 2:23 - I am

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And needed not that any should testify of man,.... Of this or the other man, that he was a good or a bad man; he needed no proofs to be made, or testimonies bore, or evidence given of men's characters and actions; he was of quick understanding, and could distinguish at once between a wicked man and a good man; and so had the characteristic which the Jews require of the Messiah; for they rejected Bar Cozba from being the Messiah, and slew him, because he could not smell, referring to Isaiah 11:3, or discern a bad man from a good man n; but this Jesus could do, without any external evidence:

for he knew what was in man; which none but the spirit of a man can know; his inward thoughts, the secrets of the heart; thus Christ knew the thoughts of the Scribes and Pharisees, Matthew 9:4, being a discerner of the thoughts, and intents of the heart, Hebrews 4:12. This Apollonius Tyaneus, the ape of Christ, ascribed to himself o; but is what is peculiar to God; and Christ being God, knows all that is in man; that there is no good in him naturally, nothing but what comes from his Father, is imparted by himself, or implanted by his Spirit; he knows the wickedness there is in man, that his heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, and full of all manner of iniquities; he knows in what condition all the and faculties of the souls of men are; what their affections are set upon, on earthly or heavenly things; whether there is any light in their understandings, or not; whether their wills are subdued and resigned to the will of God, or not; whether their minds and consciences are defiled, or their hearts are sprinkled from an evil conscience; in short, whether the internal good work of grace is begun upon their souls, or not; and he knows the secret springs of all actions, good and bad; all which prove his true and proper deity, and show him to be a suitable Saviour of sinners, and qualify him to be the Judge of the whole earth.

n T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 93. 2. o Philostrat. Vit. Apollonii, l. 1. c. 13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Should 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 people” - so it follows that he must be equal with God. As he knows “all,” he is acquainted with the false pretentions and professions of hypocrites. None can deceive him. He also knows the wants and desires of all his real friends. He hears their groans, he sees their sighs, he counts their tears, and in the day of need will come to their relief.