John 7:28-29

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁸ So Jesus proclaimed, _d as he taught in the temple, _a "You know me, and you know where I come from? But _e I have not come of my own accord. _f He who sent me is true, _g and him you do not know. ²⁹ _h I know him, for I come _i from him, and _j he sent me."

1. Cross References
   John 7:14
   About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching.
   
2. Cross References
   John 7:27
   But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.
   
3. Cross References
   John 8:42
   Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
   John 5:43
   I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
   
4. Cross References
   John 8:26
   I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
   
5. Cross References
   John 8:19
   They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.
   John 15:21
   But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
   John 4:22
   You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
   John 8:55
   But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
   
6. Cross References
   John 8:55
   But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
   Matthew 11:27
   All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
   
7. Cross References
   John 6:46
   Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
   John 9:16
   Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
   John 9:33
   If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
   John 1:14
   And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
   
8. Cross References
   John 3:17
   For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.