Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come — Jesus acknowledges bearing record of himself but claims his testimony is true. His knowledge of his origin ('whence I came,' from the Father) and destination ('whither I go,' to the Father) grounds the truth of his testimony. His self-knowledge is absolute and complete; the Pharisees cannot comprehend it ('ye cannot tell whence I come'). The asymmetry is stark: Jesus's self-knowledge is rooted in God; the Pharisees' is rooted only in the visible and temporal.

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