"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
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, and whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come."
In today's quote Jesus made it clear that those Jews did not and could not know, or understand, who He was, or where He had come from, because they had ignored the prophesies that foretold His coming.
We must remember that most everything Jesus said to those disobedient and unbelieving Jews was directly intended to expose them for the unbelieving hypocrites they actually were.
Nothing much could, at that time, be understood about the gospel Jesus preached because He had not yet fulfilled His divine obligation to be the prophesied, "one time fits all", sacrifice for the sins of those who would come to believe in Him.
The full gospel of Jesus Christ could not, and would not, be completed until His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension. Therefore, it was impossible for anyone to fully understand the concept of His purpose except those few faithful Jews who had accepted and believed God's messengers and knew that Jesus was the promised Messiah.~
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