John 7:27
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
KJV
ἀλλὰ τοῦτον οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν· ὁ δὲ Χριστὸς ὅταν ἔρχηται, οὐδεὶς γινώσκει πόθεν ἐστίν.
Greek NT
Sed hunc scimus unde sit : Christus autem cum venerit, nemo scit unde sit.
Vulgate
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
ASV
But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth, whence he is.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πόθεν
pothen
adverb · 29×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. They who come to the divine preaching and give heed to the faith, must manifest the desire of thirsty men for water, and kindle in themselves a similar longing; so will they be able also very carefully to retain what is said. For as thirsty men, when they have taken a bowl, eagerly drain it and then desist, so too they who hear the divine oracles if they receive them thirsti…
Cross-references
- Jer 30:21 — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his hea
- John 6:42 — And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
- John 6:42 — And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
- John 7:41 — Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 9:29 — We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
- Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
- Matt 13:54 — And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
- Mic 5:2 — But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f