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+title = "John 7:25–36"
+date = "2026-04-08"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John7.25-36)
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+I have to wonder now just how many people knew the Jewish leaders, the scribes and Pharisees, wanted to kill Jesus.
+First, John told us that there were mixed opinions about Him among the people, but no one wanted to speak about Him too much because of the leaders.
+Then there were those who thought Jesus was crazy for saying people wanted to kill Him.
+Now, John says there were some who knew all about the plan to kill Jesus, and they were trying to figure out if they had His identity correct.
+I think this last group must have been the informants, those who were told by the Pharisees, "If you see Jesus, tell us so we can arrest him."
+They know what the plan is, and they are surprised when no one follows through with it.
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+This notion that they won't know where the Messiah comes from is also curious.
+Herod's scribes were able to point the Magi towards Bethlehem pretty easily, but that may just be because it was their job to know the Scriptures.
+The average Jew in the first century probably knew what the Torah said, but perhaps knowledge of the Prophets would be more obscure.
+It's also funny that it's true they didn't know where Jesus came from.
+Nearly everyone "knew" He was from Nazareth, or from somewhere in Galilee generally.
+Even if they learned He was born in Bethlehem, no one at this time recognized that He was from eternity past, seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven.
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+Jesus alludes to His true origin, and the authorties try to arrest Him then, but fail.
+It's hard to imagine how they fail, but God sovereignly kept them from arresting Jesus when it was not the right time for it.
+However the events played out, Jesus was still able to address the people to say He would be going back to the One who sent Him soon, and once He did, they would not be able to find Him.
+Again, as we have seen so many times already, the people misunderstand Jesus because they are stuck in an earthly perspective.
+They think He will be going among the Gentiles, or to Jews living among the Gentiles.
+To be fair, that's a pretty wide area to search, and it would be hard to find a specific person on Earth without any clues to narrow down where to look.
+Jesus had taught before that He had come from the Father, and though His message had been consistent in Jerusalem and in Galilee, we also know that Jesus's true meanings are veiled from unbelievers.
+Only the illumination of the Holy Spirit lets us see how everything Jesus said fits together.
+Don't let your better understanding of the things of God puff you up into thinking you are better than those who don't see them clearly.
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+We are unworthy of the wisdom, patience, and mercy You have bestowed on us.