John 10:41
39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
42 And many in that place believed in Jesus.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
- KJV
- And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
- WEB
- Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
- ASV
- And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.
- DARBY
- And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this [man] were true.
- BLB
- And many came to Him and were saying, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this [man] was true.”
- ÅB
- Og mange kom til ham, og de sa: Johannes gjorde vel ikke noe tegn, men alt det som Johannes sa om denne, var sant.
- OTB
- Mange mennesker kom til ham og sa: "Selv om Johannes ikke gjorde noe tegn, var alt Johannes sa om denne mannen sant."
- B1930
- Og mange kom til ham, og de sa: Johannes gjorde vel ikke noget tegn, men alt det som Johannes sa om denne, var sant.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 1:33–34
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
Read in contextJohn 1:29–30
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Read in contextJohn 1:27
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
Read in contextMatthew 14:2
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Read in contextMark 1:37
and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”
Read in contextLuke 12:1
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Read in contextMatthew 3:11–12
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Read in contextLuke 5:1
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
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