Juan 7:28

28 Entonces clamaba Jesús en el Templo, enseñando y diciendo: Y a mí me conocéis, y sabéis de dónde soy; pero no he venido de mí mismo; mas el que me envió es verdadero, al cual vosotros no ignoráis

Juan 7:28 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:28

Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught
Overhearing the reasonings of these men, however, knowing what they said; so the Persic version adds, "having secretly known this"; exalted his voice as he was teaching in the temple, and in the midst of his discourse, publicly before all the people, in the temple, spoke out with a loud voice, that all might hear:

saying, ye both know me, and ye know whence I am;
some, as the Ethiopic version, read these words by way of interrogation, "do ye both know me, and do ye know from whence I am?" no; you do not. Or they may be considered as an ironical concession; yes, you know me, and you know whence I am; you know me to be Jesus of Nazareth, but you are wrong, I am not of Nazareth; you suppose I come, from Galilee, but that is your ignorance; you take me to be the real son of Joseph, to be begotten by him on Mary, but that is your mistake: such is your knowledge of me: you know me indeed who I am, and from whence I come.

And I am not come of myself;
into this world, by incarnation, or the assumption of human nature, to work out the salvation of men; the Father called him to it, and he agreeing to do it, was in the fulness of time sent about it; this was not a device of his own, or an honour he took to himself; he was not alone in it; it was a mutual agreement between him and his Father, in consequence of which he was sent and came.

But he that sent me is true;
to the covenant he made with Christ, and to the promises he made to the fathers of the Old Testament, concerning the mission of his Son; and he is true to be believed, in the testimonies he gave of him, particularly by a voice from heaven, declaring him his beloved Son.

Whom ye know not;
so that notwithstanding all their boasted knowledge of him, they knew not his Father, from whence he came, and by whom he was sent; and notwithstanding also their boasted knowledge of the one, only, true, and living God, see ( Romans 2:17 ) ; yet they knew him not in a spiritual sense; they knew him not in Christ, nor as the Father of Christ; they knew neither the Father nor the Son: and this their ignorance of both was the reason of their hatred of Christ, and of his followers, ( John 15:21 ) ( 16:3 ) .

Juan 7:28 In-Context

26 Y he aquí, habla públicamente, y no le dicen nada; ¿han por ventura entendido verdaderamente los príncipes, que éste es el Cristo

27 Mas éste, sabemos de dónde es; y cuando viniere el Cristo, nadie sabrá de dónde sea

28 Entonces clamaba Jesús en el Templo, enseñando y diciendo: Y a mí me conocéis, y sabéis de dónde soy; pero no he venido de mí mismo; mas el que me envió es verdadero, al cual vosotros no ignoráis

29 Pero yo le conozco, porque de él soy, y él me envió

30 Entonces procuraban prenderle; mas ninguno puso en él mano, porque aún no había venido su hora