John 2:25
25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
Other Translations of John 2:25
King James Version
25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
English Standard Version
25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
The Message
25 He didn't need any help in seeing right through them.
New King James Version
25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
New Living Translation
25 No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person's heart.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 2:25
Commentary on John 2:23-25
(Read John 2:23-25)
Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. He knows his crafty enemies, and all their secret projects; his false friends, and their true characters. He knows who are truly his, knows their uprightness, and knows their weaknesses. We know what is done by men; Christ knows what is in them, he tries the heart. Beware of a dead faith, or a formal profession: carnal, empty professors are not to be trusted, and however men impose on others or themselves, they cannot impose on the heart-searching God.