John 7 · Verse 29

John 7:29

But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John 7:29, King James Version

John 7:29 in other translations

BSBbut I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
WEBI know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
ASVI know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
YLTand I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.'
DARBYI know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me.
BBEI have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
WebsterBut I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

What does John 7:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:28-29

28-29. cried Jesus--in a louder tone, and more solemn, witnessing style than usual. Ye both, &c.--that is, "Yes, ye know both Myself and My local parentage, and (yet) I am not come of Myself." but he that sent me is true, &c.--Probably the meaning is, "He that sent Me is the only real Sender of any one."

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 29.

(z) "But I know him" Mt 11:27, Jn 10:15

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 But I know him: for I am from him - Instead of εἰμὶ, I am, some editions, the Syriac Hieros. read εἷμι, I came, according to the Attics. Nonnus confirms this reading by paraphrasing the word by εληλυθα, I came. As the difference between the two words lies only in the accents, and as these are not found in ancient MSS., it is uncertain which way the word was understood by them: nor is the matter of much moment; both words amount nearly to the same meaning and εἷμι, I came, seems too refined.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:25-30

Christ proclaimed aloud, that they were in error in their thoughts about his origin. He was sent of God, who showed himself true to his promises. This declaration, that they knew not God, with his claim to peculiar knowledge, provoked the hearers; and they sought to take him, but God can tie men's hands, though he does not turn their hearts.

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John 7:29 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
οἶδαoidaknow
αὐτόν,autonHim,G846
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754
παρ᾽par᾽fromG3844
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
εἰμι,eimiI am,G1510
κἀκεῖνόςkakeinosand HeG2532
μεmeMeG3165
ἀπέστειλεν.apesteilensent.G649

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 7:29

  • John 8:55

    Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

  • Matthew 11:27

    All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  • John 3:16-17

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

  • John 6:46

    Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

  • 1 John 4:9

    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

  • John 17:25-26

    O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  • John 1:18

    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

  • John 17:18

    As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

  • John 10:15

    As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  • 1 John 1:2

    (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

  • 1 John 4:14

    And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

  • John 16:27-28

    For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I.
1:18; 8:55; 10:15; 17:25,26
for.
3:16,17; 13:3; 16:27,28; 17:18; 1Jo 1:2; 4:9,14

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Context

  • John 7:28

    Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

  • John 7:29

    But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

  • John 7:30

    Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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John 7:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo le conozco, porque de él soy, y él me envió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Moi, je le connais, car je viens de lui, et c’est lui qui m’a envoyé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich kenne ihn, weil ich von ihm bin, und er mich gesandt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego scio eum: quia ab ipso sum, et ipse me misit.