John 2:25
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
John 2:25 in other translations
| BSB | He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man. |
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| WEB | and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man. |
| ASV | and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man. |
| YLT | and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man. |
| DARBY | and that he had not need that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man. |
| BBE | He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man. |
| Webster | And needed not that any should testify concerning man: for he knew what was in man. |
What does John 2:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 2:23-25
23-25. in the feast day--the foregoing things occurring probably before the feast began. many believed--superficially, struck merely by "the miracles He did." Of these we have no record.
Barnes' Notes
He knew what was in man. This he did because he had made all Jn 1:3, and because he was God, Jn 1:1. There can be no higher evidence than this that he was omniscient, and was therefore divine. To search the heart is the prerogative of God alone (Jer 17:10); and as Jesus knew what was in these disciples, and as it is expressly said that he knew what was in man--that is, in all men-- so it follows that he must be equal with God. As he knows all, he is acquainted with the false pretentions and professions of hypocrites. None can deceive him. He also knows the wants and desires of all his real friends. He hears their groans, he sees their sighs, he counts their tears, and in the day of need will come to their relief.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 2:23-25
Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. He knows his crafty enemies, and all their secret projects; his false friends, and their true characters. He knows who are truly his, knows their uprightness, and knows their weaknesses. We know what is done by men; Christ knows what is in them, he tries the heart. Beware of a dead faith, or a…
John 2:25 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 2:25
- Matthew 9:4
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
- John 13:11
For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
- John 6:64
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
- John 6:61
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
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Context
- John 2:24
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
- John 2:25
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
John 2:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no tenía necesidad que alguien le diese testimonio del hombre; porque él sabía lo que había en el hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et qu’il n’avait pas besoin que quelqu’un rende témoignage au sujet de l’homme; car lui-même connaissait ce qui était dans l’homme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und nicht bedurfte, daß jemand Zeugnis gebe von dem Menschen; denn er selbst wußte, was in dem Menschen war. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et quia opus ei non erat ut quis testimonium perhiberet de homine: ipse enim sciebat quid esset in homine. |