Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” New Living Translation But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you.” English Standard Version I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.” Berean Standard Bible but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.” Berean Literal Bible But I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me." King James Bible But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. New King James Version But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.” New American Standard Bible I do know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” NASB 1995 “I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” NASB 1977 “I know Him; because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” Legacy Standard Bible I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” Amplified Bible I know Him Myself because I am from Him [I came from His very presence] and it was He [personally] who sent Me.” Christian Standard Bible I know him because I am from him, and he sent me.” Holman Christian Standard Bible I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” American Standard Version I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. Contemporary English Version But I know the one who sent me, because I came from him." English Revised Version I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. GOD'S WORD® Translation I know him because I am from him and he sent me." Good News Translation but I know him, because I come from him and he sent me." International Standard Version I know him because I've come from him, and he sent me." Majority Standard Bible but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.” NET Bible but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me." New Heart English Bible I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me." Webster's Bible Translation But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Weymouth New Testament I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me." World English Bible I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” Berean Literal Bible But I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me." Young's Literal Translation and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.' Smith's Literal Translation But I know him; for I am from him, and he sent me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me. Catholic Public Domain Version I know him. For I am from him, and he has sent me.” New American Bible I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” New Revised Standard Version I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “But I do know him, because I am from unity with him, and he has sent Me.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBut I know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Mace New Testament but I know him, for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Weymouth New Testament I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me." Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Is Jesus the Christ?…28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him, 29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.” 30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.… Cross References John 8:55 You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word. John 10:15 just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. John 17:25 Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me. John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known. John 6:46 not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father. John 5:37 And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form, John 3:34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. John 1:33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ John 14:7 If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” John 16:27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. Luke 10:22 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.” Hebrews 1:1-2 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Treasury of Scripture But I know him: for I am from him, and he has sent me. I. 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 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. John 10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. for. 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… John 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; John 16:27,28 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God… Jump to Previous Jump to Next John 7 1. Jesus reproves the ambition and boldness of his kinsmen;10. goes up from Galilee to the feast of tabernacles; 14. teaches in the temple. 40. Various opinions of him among the people. 45. The Pharisees are angry that their officers took him not, 50. and chide with Nicodemus for taking his side. but I know Him The phrase "but I know Him" is a profound declaration of Jesus' intimate and unique relationship with God the Father. The Greek word for "know" here is "οἶδα" (oida), which implies a deep, inherent understanding, not just intellectual knowledge. This knowledge is not acquired through learning or observation but is intrinsic and complete. Jesus asserts His divine nature and pre-existence, emphasizing that His knowledge of the Father is unlike any human understanding. This statement challenges the religious leaders' claims and highlights the spiritual blindness of those who do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. because I am from Him and He sent Me For I am from him, and he hath sent me.--This knowledge is here based upon His oneness of essence, and upon His true mission. He knows God because He is from Him, and in union ever one with Him. He knows God because He is in His human nature the representative of the Divine to mankind. Verse 29. - (But) I know him; because I am from him - my inmost nature, the centre of my ego, proceeds, is derived, from him. I have come forth from him. There is that about me and my origin which has brought me into such intimate relations with the Father that I know him as ye do not know him (cf. John 8:55) - and he (whom I thus know, and to whom I refer, ἐκεῖνος) sent me. This sending is a further condition of the knowledge which you fail to appreciate, but which would make all things plain to you. If this knowledge should break as the daystar on their darkness, would they not at once see that, up to that point at least, in their experience they did not know, or had not known, whence he was, in the grandest sense. The charge of ignorance and the claim of supernatural knowledge, Divine origin, Divine commission, was too much for these Jerusalemites. They thought it blasphemy.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek but Iἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. know οἶδα (oida) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. Him, αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. I am εἰμι (eimi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. from παρ’ (par’) Preposition Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. Him αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and He κἀκεῖνός (kakeinos) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2548: And he, she, it, and that. From kai and ekeinos; likewise that. sent ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. Me.” με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. 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