John 7:1–2, 10,
25–30
And
there was considerable complaining about Jesus among the
crowds. While some were saying, ‘He is a good man’, others were saying, ‘No, he
is deceiving the crowd.’ But after his brothers had gone to the festival, then
he also went, not publicly but as it were in secret. Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying,
‘Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill? And here he is, speaking
openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know
that this is the Messiah? Yet we know where this man is from; but when the
Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.’ Then Jesus cried out as he
was teaching in the temple, ‘You know me, and you know where I am from. I have
not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him. I
know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.’ Then they tried to arrest
him, but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Reflection
Do I really know Jesus, or I simply follow others’
view?
Can I know who I am as Jesus does know who he
is?