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Filipino Cebuano Bible
Juan 7:28
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ye both: John 1:46, John 8:14, Matthew 2:23, Luke 2:4, Luke 2:11, Luke 2:39, Luke 2:51
and I: John 3:2, John 5:43, John 8:16, John 8:42, John 10:36, John 12:49, John 14:10, John 14:31
is true: John 3:33, John 5:32, John 8:26, Romans 3:4, 2 Corinthians 1:18, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18, 1 John 5:10
whom: John 8:19, John 8:54, John 8:55, John 16:3, John 17:3, John 17:25, 1 Samuel 2:12, Psalms 9:10, Proverbs 2:3-5, Jeremiah 9:6, Jeremiah 31:34, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 5:4, Hosea 6:3-6, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22, Acts 17:23, Romans 1:28, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:4
Reciprocal: Isaiah 45:19 - spoken Mark 14:49 - was John 7:37 - and cried John 11:42 - that thou John 12:44 - cried John 14:24 - and John 18:20 - I spake Revelation 7:13 - whence
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught,.... Overhearing the reasonings of these men, however, knowing what they said; so the Persic version adds, "having secretly known this"; exalted his voice as he was teaching in the temple, and in the midst of his discourse, publicly before all the people, in the temple, spoke out with a loud voice, that all might hear:
saying, ye both know me, and ye know whence I am; some, as the Ethiopic version, read these words by way of interrogation, "do ye both know me, and do ye know from whence I am?" no; you do not. Or they may be considered as an ironical concession; yes, you know me, and you know whence I am; you know me to be Jesus of Nazareth, but you are wrong, I am not of Nazareth; you suppose I come, from Galilee, but that is your ignorance; you take me to be the real son of Joseph, to be begotten by him on Mary, but that is your mistake: such is your knowledge of me: you know me indeed who I am, and from whence I come.
And I am not come of myself; into this world, by incarnation, or the assumption of human nature, to work out the salvation of men; the Father called him to it, and he agreeing to do it, was in the fulness of time sent about it; this was not a device of his own, or an honour he took to himself; he was not alone in it; it was a mutual agreement between him and his Father, in consequence of which he was sent and came.
But he that sent me is true; to the covenant he made with Christ, and to the promises he made to the fathers of the Old Testament, concerning the mission of his Son; and he is true to be believed, in the testimonies he gave of him, particularly by a voice from heaven, declaring him his beloved Son.
Whom ye know not; so that notwithstanding all their boasted knowledge of him, they knew not his Father, from whence he came, and by whom he was sent; and notwithstanding also their boasted knowledge of the one, only, true, and living God, see Romans 2:17; yet they knew him not in a spiritual sense; they knew him not in Christ, nor as the Father of Christ; they knew neither the Father nor the Son: and this their ignorance of both was the reason of their hatred of Christ, and of his followers, John 15:21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye know whence I am - You have sufficient evidence of my divine mission, and that I am the Messiah.
Is true - Is worthy to be believed. He has given evidence that I came from him, and he is worthy to be believed. Many read this as a question - Do ye know me, and know whence I am? I have not come from myself, etc.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 28. Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am — Perhaps they should be read interrogatively: Do ye both know me, and know whence I am? Our Lord takes them up on their own profession, and argues from it. Since you have got so much information concerning me, add this to it, to make it complete; viz. that I am not come of myself; am no self-created or self-authorized prophet; I came from God:- the testimony of John the Baptist, the descent of the Holy Ghost, the voice from heaven, the purity and excellence of my doctrine, and the multitude of my miracles, sufficiently attest this. Now, God is true who has borne testimony to me; but ye know him not, therefore it is that this testimony is disregarded.