John 7:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁸ So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord; he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple [porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine, steadfast); and Him you do not know!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

Common English Bible

²⁸ While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he exclaimed, “You know me and where I am from. I haven’t come on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ Therefore, Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: "You know me, and you also know where I am from. And I have not arrived of myself, but he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself; but he that sent me, is true, whom you know not.

John 7:28 Cross References

Psalm 9:10

And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

Jeremiah 31:34

And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Jeremiah 9:6

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, says the Lord.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel; for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land;

Hosea 5:4

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the Lord.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Matthew 2:23

And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

Matthew 26:55

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

Luke 10:22

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

Luke 2:11

for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:39

And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

Luke 2:4

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

Luke 2:51

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

John 1:46

Nathana-el said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

John 10:36

do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

John 12:49

For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.

John 14:10

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

John 14:31

but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go hence.

John 16:3

And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.

John 17:25

O righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee; and these know that thou hast sent me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 3:2

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

John 3:33

he who receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.

John 5:32

there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.

John 5:43

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

John 6:42

They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

John 7:14

About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

John 8:14

Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going, but you do not know whence I come or whither I am going.

John 8:16

Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone that judge, but I and he who sent me.

John 8:19

They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

John 8:26

I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

John 9:29

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”

Acts 17:23

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.

Romans 3:4

By no means! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, “That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged.”

2 Corinthians 1:18

As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

1 John 5:10

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they had no regard for the Lord.