John 7:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁹ I know Him because I came from Him, for He sent me.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ I know Him [Myself] because I come from His [very] presence, and it was He [personally] Who sent Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

Common English Bible

²⁹ I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ I know him. For I am from him, and he has sent me."

John 7:29 Cross References

Matthew 11:27

“All things have been entrusted to me by my Father and no one [truly] knows the Son except the Father. And neither does anyone [truly] know the Father except the Son and that person to whom the Son wants to reveal Him.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father’s side, has shown us who He is.

John 10:15

just like the Father knows me [intimately] and I know the Father [that way]. And I [am about to] give up my life for the sheep.

John 13:3

Jesus, who knew that the Father had given Him complete authority, [also] knew that He had come from God and was [about] to return to God.

John 17:18

Just as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent [i.e., will send] them into the world.

John 6:46

[I am] not [saying] that anyone has [ever] seen the Father, except the One who is from God [i.e., Jesus] has seen Him.

John 8:55

Now you people have not known Him [i.e., to be your Lord], but I know Him. And if I should say, ‘I do not know Him’ I would be a liar like you. But I [do] know Him, and I obey His message.

1 John 1:2

Truly, this “Life” was made known to us and we have [actually] seen it [i.e., Him], and so we testify and proclaim to you [that He is] “the Eternal Life,” who was with the Father and was made known to us [apostles].

1 John 4:14

And we [apostles] have seen and are [reliable] witnesses that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world [See 1:2; 2:2].

1 John 4:9

Here is the way God’s love for us was demonstrated; He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have [spiritual] life through Him.