He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
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… they were there, what their intention was. John chapter 2 describes that. It says, He knew all men and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for he knew what was in man. So he knew why they were coming. what I'd like to do with you in this chapter, chapter four, we're going to go down from verse one down to verse 12 today, because the whole parable goes all the way down to verse 20. He gives the parable, then he will explain the parable to his disciples. And we'll look at that next time. But I'd like to give you four characteristics of interacting with truth, Four characteristics of interacting with truth. Four attributes that are always the case whenever you deal with truth, whether it's truth in a classroom, truth from a pulpit in a sermon, or from your parents. Truth. Four characteristics. Number one, truth is a priority. this is evident in the life of Jesus if you look at verse 1 and 2 notice what it says and again he began to teach them by the sea and a great multitude was gathered to him so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. You can picture it, right? It's like an amphitheater. He launches out a little bit in the water. The crowd is there on the shore. They can't get any further. …
… knew all men. And He had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. And what follows now in John's narrative coming from the life of Jesus are a series of encounters that Jesus has with various people like Nicodemus, the woman at the well, and so on. And in each of these meetings, we see Jesus piercing the hearts of those with whom He speaks and indicating that He knows what's going on in their lives. And so chapter 3 begins with this introduction of Nicodemus. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Jews. Not all of the Pharisees were elevated to membership in the Sanhedrin, which was the ruling body of the Jewish people. This would be akin to a senator in the United States Senate. This is a man of very high authority in the government of the affairs of the Jewish people who is also skilled as a theologian, or at least he's supposed to be. …
… We're presently in the second chapter, and this morning we're going to begin at verse 12 and read through verse 25. John chapter 2, verses 12 through 25. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they did not stay there many days. For now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers doing business. When he had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and the oxen, poured out the changers' money, and overturned the tables. And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise. And then His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has eaten me up. So the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do you show to us since you do these things? …