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John 7:26
And behold, he speaketh openly: and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ?
John 7:26 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
John 7:26 in other translations
But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
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In context
23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken: are you angry at me, because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the appearance: but judge just judgment.
25 Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 And behold, he speaketh openly: and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ?
27 But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth, whence he is.
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.
29 I know him, because I am from him: and he hath sent me.
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