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John 7:29

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But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
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  1. John 8:55Rank 1 from verse 29
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    55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

  2. Matthew 11:27Rank 2 from verse 29
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    27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  3. 1 John 4:9Rank 3 from verse 29
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    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

  4. John 1:18Rank 4 from verse 29
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    18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

  5. John 17:18Rank 5 from verse 29
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    18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

  6. John 17:25–26Rank 6 from verse 29
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    25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

    26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  7. John 3:16–17Rank 7 from verse 29
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    16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

  8. John 6:46Rank 8 from verse 29
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    46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

  9. 1 John 1:2Rank 9 from verse 29
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    2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

  10. John 10:15Rank 10 from verse 29
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    15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  11. 1 John 4:14Rank 11 from verse 29
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    14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

  12. John 13:3Rank 12 from verse 29
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    3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

  13. John 16:27–28Rank 13 from verse 29
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    27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

    28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

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John 7:29

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:14¶ Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

7:15And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

7:16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

7:18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

7:19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

7:20The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

7:21Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

7:22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

7:23If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

7:24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

7:25Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

7:26But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

7:27Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

7:28Then 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.

7:29But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

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7:30Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

7:31And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

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