“Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.”
Then cried Jesus in the temple, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not — Jesus responds with a cry (ekraxen, spoke aloud), addressing the contradiction: they think they know his origins, but they do not. They know the geographical fact (Nazareth) but not the theological truth—he comes from God. The statement 'I am not come of myself' echoes 7:16, 7:18: his origin is the Father's sending. The phrase 'he that sent me is true' means God is faithful and real, worthy of trust. The irony reaches its apex: you say you know me, but you do not know the one who sent me.
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