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John 7:27
But [as to] this [man] we know whence he is. Now [as to] the Christ, when he comes, no one knows whence he is.
John 7:27 · Darby Bible
John 7:27 in other translations
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
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In context
24 Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 and behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then indeed recognised that this is the Christ?
27 But [as to] this [man] we know whence he is. Now [as to] the Christ, when he comes, no one knows whence he is.
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and 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 do not know.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me.
30 They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.
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