John 7:25

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Some of the people of Jerusalem said [about Jesus], “Is not this person the one they are trying to kill?

Cross References

John 7:24

Do not make judgments based [merely] on how things look, but make judgments on how they really are.”

John 7:26

And look, he is speaking openly and they are not saying anything to him [about it]. Can it be that the [Jewish] authorities know that he really is the Messiah [i.e., the Christ, God’s specially chosen one]?