John 13:19
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.
- KJV
- Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
- WEB
- From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
- ASV
- From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he].
- DARBY
- I tell you [it] now before it happens, that when it happens, ye may believe that I am [he].
- BLB
- I am telling you⁺ from this time, before it comes to pass, so that when it comes to pass you⁺ should believe that I am [He].
- ÅB
- Fra nå av sier jeg dere det før det skjer, for at dere, når det skjer, skal tro at det er meg.
- OTB
- Jeg sier dere dette nå før det skjer, så når det skjer, kan dere tro at jeg er han.
- B1930
- Fra nu av sier jeg eder det før det skjer, forat I, når det skjer, skal tro at det er mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Read in contextJohn 14:29
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
Read in contextRevelation 1:17–18
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Read in contextJohn 16:4
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
Read in contextJohn 8:23–24
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:5
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Read in contextMatthew 24:25
Behold, I have told you before.
Read in contextMatthew 11:3
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
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