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The Darby Translation

John 7:29

I know him, because I am from him, and *he* has sent me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Messenger, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Knowledge;   Sending and Those Sent;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Knowledge of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Feasts;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Knowledge;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Logos;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Complacency;   Dispersion ;   Error;   Example;   Love (2);   Son of God;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacles feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I know him because I am from him, and he sent me.”
King James Version (1611)
But I know him, for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
King James Version
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
English Standard Version
I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."
New American Standard Bible
"I do know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me."
New Century Version
But 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."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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."
Berean Standard Bible
but 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."
Complete Jewish Bible
I do know him, because I am with him, and he sent me!"
Easy-to-Read Version
I know him because I am from him. He is the one who sent me."
Geneva Bible (1587)
But I knowe him: for I am of him, and he hath sent me.
George Lamsa Translation
But 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."
Lexham English Bible
I know him, because I am from him and he sent me."
Literal Translation
But 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.
Bible in Basic English
I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
Hebrew Names Version
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
International Standard Version
I know him because I have come from him and he sent me."Matthew 11:27; John 10:15;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But I know him who am from him; and he hath sent me.
Murdock Translation
but I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But I knowe him, for I am of him, and he hath sent me.
English Revised Version
I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
World English Bible
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Weymouth's New Testament
I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y knowe hym, and if Y seie that Y knowe hym not, Y schal be lijk to you, a liere; but Y knowe hym, for of hym Y am, and he sente me.
Update Bible Version
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.
New English Translation
but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me."
New King James Version
But [fn] I know Him, for 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."
New Life Bible
I know Him because I am from Him and He sent Me."
New Revised Standard
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, know him, because, from him, I am, and, he, sent me forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I know him, because I am from him: and he hath sent me.
Revised Standard Version
I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I knowe him: for I am of him and he hath sent me.
Young's Literal Translation
and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I knowe him, for I am of him, and he hath sent me.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but I know him, for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Simplified Cowboy Version
but I do. And he sent me here to you."

Contextual Overview

14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 15 The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this [man] letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me. 17 If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [that] I speak from myself. 18 He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? 20 The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee? 21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all wonder. 22 Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be violated, are ye angry with me because I have made a man entirely sound on sabbath?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I: John 1:18, John 8:55, John 10:15, John 17:25, John 17:26

for: John 3:16, John 3:17, John 13:3, John 16:27, John 16:28, John 17:18, 1 John 1:2, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:14

Reciprocal: John 6:46 - he hath John 8:14 - for John 8:42 - neither John 11:42 - that thou John 14:10 - words John 17:3 - and Jesus

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I know him,.... His nature and perfections, his purposes and promises, his council and covenant, his mind and will; and indeed none knows him but he, and those to whom he pleases to reveal him; and there is good reason why he should have intimate and perfect knowledge of him:

for I am from him; being the only begotten of him, and as such lay in his bosom, and knew him, and his whole heart, and was privy to all of him, and that that is within him;

and he hath sent me; in an office capacity to redeem his people. This is the original descent of Christ, which the Jews knew not, though they pretended to know him, and whence he was.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. But I know him: for I am from him — Instead of ειμ, I am, some editions, the Syriac Hieros. read ειμι, I came, according to the Attics. Nonnus confirms this reading by paraphrasing the word by εληλυθα, I came. As the difference between the two words lies only in the accents, and as these are not found in ancient MSS., it is uncertain which way the word was understood by them: nor is the matter of much moment; both words amount nearly to the same meaning and ειμι, I came, seems too refined.


 
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