And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
And needed not [`And because He needed not' Kai (G2532 ) hoti (G3754 ) ou (G3756 ) chreian (G5532 ) eichen (G2192 )] that any should testify of man: for He knew, х autos (G846) gar (G1063)]. The language is emphatic, as in the previous verse: 'For Himself knew'
What was in man - in other words, that all-penetrating perception of what was in man resided in Himself; the strongest possible expression of absolute knowledge of man, as in John 1:18 of God.