John 10:41
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42 And many believed on him there.
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
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Read in contextJohn 1:29–30
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Read in contextJohn 1:27
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
Read in contextMatthew 14:2
And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Read in contextMark 1:37
And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
Read in contextLuke 12:1
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Read in contextMatthew 3:11–12
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Read in contextLuke 5:1
And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
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