Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'whence' occurs 100 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'whence' in the standard works and contain 13% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 7:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

 7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

 7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, 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.




Isa. 51:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 8:1 (2 in 1 verse)

John 9:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 28:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 38 0 38
NT 34 0 34
Matt. 6 0 6
Mark 3 0 3
Luke 5 0 5
John 13 0 13
Acts 1 0 1
Philip. 1 0 1
Heb. 2 0 2
James 1 0 1
Rev. 2 0 2
BM 21 0 21
DC 4 0 4
PGP 3 0 3
TOTAL 100 0 100

John 1:48
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

John 2:9
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 4:11
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

John 6:5
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

John 7:27
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

John 7:28
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, 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.

John 8:14
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.

John 9:29
We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

John 9:30
The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

John 19:9
And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.