The Book of John - Chapter 2:23-25 - (ESV)

Jesus Knows What Is in Man - {Interlinear <Greek>}

2:23 - Now {δὲ<de>} when {Ὡς<hōs>} he → was {ἦν<eimi>} in {ἐν<en>} Jerusalem {τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις<ho Hierosolyma>} at {ἐν<en>} the {τῷ<ho>} Passover {πάσχα<pascha>} • {ἐν <en>} Feast, {τῇ ἑορτῇ,<ho heortē>} many {πολλοὶ<polys>} believed {ἐπίστευσαν<pisteuō>} in {εἰς<eis>} his {αὐτοῦ<autos>} name {τὸ ὄνομα<ho onoma>} when → they → saw {θεωροῦντες<theōreō>} • {αὐτοῦ<autos>} the {τὰ<ho>} signs {σημεῖα<sēmeion>} that {ἃ<hos>} he → was → doing. {ἐποίει.<poieō>}

2:24 - But {δὲ<de>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς<Iēsous>} on his part {αὐτὸς<autos>} did → not {οὐκ<ou>} entrust {ἐπίστευεν<pisteuō>} himself {ἑαυτὸν<heautou>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς<autos>} because {διὰ<dia>} he {αὐτὸν<autos>} knew {τὸ γινώσκειν <ho ginōskō>} all {πάντας<pas>} people ←

2:25 - and {καὶ<kai>} • {ὅτι <hoti>} needed {χρείαν εἶχεν <chreia echō>} no {οὐ<ou>} one {τις<tis>} to {ἵνα<hina>} bear → witness {μαρτυρήσῃ<martyreō>} about {περὶ <peri>} man, {τοῦ ἀνθρώπου·<ho anthrōpos>} for {γὰρ<gar>} he → himself {αὐτὸς <autos>} knew {ἐγίνωσκεν<ginōskō>} what {τί <tis>} was {ἦν<eimi>} in {ἐν<en>} man. {τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.<ho anthrōpos>}

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John 2:23-25 -

Ultimately, the gospel is not about us establishing a relationship with Jesus; it is about Jesus establishing a relationship with us—not simply as a consequence of our believing information about him, but more by Jesus “entrusting” himself to us in his revelation of himself. Jesus never did “signs” to impress anyone but to reveal himself as the Messiah and to redeem those he came to save as they recognized who he was and received what he was doing for them.

We know God only because we are known by God (Gal. 4:9). Until God reveals his Son to us and in us (Gal. 1:15–16), we remain spiritually dead (Eph. 2:5). Salvation, from beginning to end, is all of grace. This becomes clear as John now records for us the coming-to-faith experiences of a wide range of people.

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