What is the meaning of John 7:29? but • The little hinge word pivots from the crowd’s ignorance—“You do not know Him” (John 7:28)—to Jesus’ certainty. • It draws a sharp line between human assumption and divine reality, echoing the earlier rebuke, “You do not have His word abiding in you” (John 5:38). • By beginning with “but,” Jesus lovingly yet firmly corrects the religious leaders’ false confidence, much like He does again in John 8:19–20. I know Him • Jesus speaks with unfiltered certainty; His knowledge of the Father is direct and personal, not second-hand. • This claim aligns with John 1:18—“No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son…has revealed Him”. • The intimacy is mutual: “Just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father” (John 10:15). • Such perfect knowledge underscores His deity and affirms that whoever truly knows Christ knows the Father (John 14:7). because I am from Him • “From” points to origin, not merely location. Jesus did not begin in Bethlehem; He eternally proceeds from the Father (John 1:1-3, 14). • John 16:28 puts it plainly: “I came from the Father and entered the world”. • His heavenly origin verifies His authority; He speaks what He has seen with the Father (John 8:38). • The statement answers the crowd’s question about His credentials in John 7:27, revealing that His true birthplace is heaven. and He sent Me. • The Father’s commissioning underlines mission. Jesus comes with purpose, timing, and authority set by God alone (Galatians 4:4; John 5:30). • John 3:17 ties that sending to salvation: “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him”. • Repeatedly Jesus anchors His identity in the Father’s initiative (John 6:57; 1 John 4:14); the Son obeys, the Father directs, and the world is called to believe. • The verb “sent” also lays groundwork for Jesus sending His own followers (John 17:18), inviting them into the same mission of truth. summary John 7:29 packs four truths: a sharp contrast with unbelief, Jesus’ unique firsthand knowledge of the Father, His eternal origin in the Father, and His divinely authorized mission. Together they declare that Jesus is no ordinary teacher but the incarnate Son, fully aware of His source, confident in His commission, and worthy of our complete trust. |
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