25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from."
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."
30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?"
My Comments:
This is an interesting passage. In it we see the response of the "common" people to Jesus. As a whole they seem somewhat conflicted about Jesus actually being the messiah. Some were saying that maybe He was indeed the messiah because the leaders were letting Him teach in public despite their previous desires to kill Him. Others were doubtful because they believed that when the messiah came they would not know Him or where He was from and they knew Jesus and where He was from, so He couldn't be the messiah.
Jesus responds by telling them that, yes they do know where He is from but what they don't know is Him (The Father) who sent Him (Jesus). However, Jesus does know Him (The Father) who sent Him so He must be the messiah as He has claimed. (Clear as mud, huh)
When the Jewish leader heard of the discussions from the people they again set out to kill Jesus, but they were unable to catch Him.
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