While they were thus wavering between doubt and faith, Jesus took up their thoughts and answered them: "Ye both know Me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of Myself, but He that sent Me is true, whom ye know not." They claimed a knowledge of what the origin of Christ should be, but they were in utter ignorance of it. If they had lived in accordance with the will of God, they would have known His Son when He was manifested to them.

Medens de således vaklede mellem tvivl og tro, genoptog Jesus deres tanker og svarede dem: "Ja, I kender mig og ved, hvorfra jeg er! og dog er jeg ikke kommen af mig selv, men han, der har sendt mig, er sanddru, han, som I ikke kender." De påberåbte sig en viden om, hvordan Kristi oprindelse skulle være, men de var fuldstændig uvidende om den. Hvis de havde levet i overensstemmelse med Guds vilje, så ville de have kendt hans Søn, når han åbenbarede sig for dem.