John 7:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. ”

• John 7:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Howbeit - But. They proceeded to state a reason why they supposed that he could not be the Messiah, whatever the rulers might think. We know this man whence he is - We know the place of his b...

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• John 7:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (11) Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. (11) Men are very wise to have checks and balances for their own thoughts.

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• John 7:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Results in Jerusalem. The surprise of the Jews at His accusation of murder shows that they were ignorant of the plans of their leaders. Some of the Jerusalemites are better informed, and cannot und...

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• John 7:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Howbeit . But, or And yet. this man . this one. when . whenever. cometh . may come. whence He is : i.e. how He may come. The Rabbis taught that He would come from Bethlehem and then be hid,...

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• John 7:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  27. But we know whence this man is. Here we see not only how great is the blindness of men, when they ought to judge about the things of God, but this vice is almost natural to them, to be i...

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• John 7:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. No man knoweth whence he is - The generality of the people knew very well that the Messiah was to be born i...

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• John 7:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then said some of them, &c.— The inhabitants of Jerusalem, always Christ's bitter enemies, asked with surprize, if our Lord's boldness, and the silence of the rulers, proceeded from their havin...

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• John 7:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when [`the'] Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is....

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• John 7:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles John 7:1 to John 10:21 . Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6 , delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go...

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• John 7:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Howbeit we know this man. — They at once supply a corrective answer to their own question. They know this Man whence He is. He is the carpenter’s son, and His mother, and brethren, and sisters, are...

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• John 7:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast...

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• John 7:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Unavoidable Christ John 7:25-31 The freedom with which Jesus preached arrested the attention of the people in Jerusalem, and many wondered whether the cessation of hostility indicated a tac...

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• John 7:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two yea...

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• John 7:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was mu...

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• John 7:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Howbeit, we know this man whence he is ,.... They signify, that if the rulers had altered their minds, and had gone into the belief of Jesus of Nazareth being the Messiah, they should not follow the...

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• John 7:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Ver. 27. No man knoweth whence he is ] This error might arise out of some texts of Scripture misunderst...

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• John 7:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then While our Lord was thus discoursing in the temple; some of them of Jerusalem Some of the inhabitants of the city, who knew more of the designs of the sanhedrim than the others who had spoken...

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• John 7:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lo...

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• John 7:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles.       14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.   15 And the Jew...

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• John 7:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  We know this man whence he is; we know he is of Nazareth, and that Joseph is his reputed father. They also knew whence the Messias was to come, that he was to be of the family of David, of the trib...

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• John 7:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Net Is Drawing Tighter - Questions Among The People ( John 7:25-35 ). It is quite clear that the impact of Jesus' ministry has been such that everyone is talking about Him. The whole of Jerusa...

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• John 7:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:14 . Now about the midst, etc. —The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. Taught. —For the first time...

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• John 7:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 7:14 . Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15 . And...

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• John 7:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 7:1 . He would not walk in Jewry, or Judea, because the jews sought to kill him. Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same...

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• John 7:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Did not Moses give you the law? Murder in desire The desire to kill Christ I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. They professedly believed in Moses, and esteemed him highly. B...

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• John 7:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of...

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• John 7:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The origin of Jesus:

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• John 7:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 8:33 ; Isaiah 11:1 ; Isaiah 53:8 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah 30:21 ; John 6:42 ; John 7:15 ; John 7:41 ; John 7:42 ; Luke 4:22 ; Micah 5:2 ; Mark 6:3 ; Matthew 13:54-57 ; Matthew 2:...

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• John 7:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  When Christ cometh, none knoweth whence he is — This Jewish tradition was true, with regard to his Divine nature: in that respect none could declare his generation. But it was not true with regard...

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