Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things - the very thought of their hearts, in this case, and how to meet it;
And needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. There was more sincerity in this than enlightened knowledge of the meaning of their own words. But our Lord accepted it so far as it went.