Key Verse Spotlight
John 7:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ? "
John 7:26
Verse in Context
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24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
27 However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
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John 7:1
"After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him."
John 7:2
"Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand."
John 7:3
"His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do."
John 7:4
"For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”"
John 7:5
"For even his brothers didn’t believe in him."
John 7:6
"Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready."
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