John 7:29

29 But I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

John 7:29 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:29

But I know him
His nature and perfections, his purposes and promises, his council and covenant, his mind and will; and indeed none knows him but he, and those to whom he pleases to reveal him; and there is good reason why he should have intimate and perfect knowledge of him:

for I am from him;
being the only begotten of him, and as such lay in his bosom, and knew him, and his whole heart, and was privy to all of him, and that that is within him;

and he hath sent me;
in an office capacity to redeem his people. This is the original descent of Christ, which the Jews knew not, though they pretended to know him, and whence he was.

John 7:29 In-Context

27 But we know where this man is from. And when the real Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

28 Jesus, teaching in the Temple, cried out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. But I have not come by my own authority. I was sent by the One who is true, whom you don't know.

29 But I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

30 When Jesus said this, the people tried to take him. But no one was able to touch him, because it was not yet the right time.

31 But many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, "When the Christ comes, will he do more miracles than this man has done?"