John 2:23

21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

22 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.

24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

25 He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

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.

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BSB
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
KJV
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
WEB
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
ASV
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did.
DARBY
And when he was in Jerusalem, at the passover, at the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.
BLB
And as He was in Jerusalem in the Passover, in the Feast, many believed in His name, beholding His signs that He was doing.
ÅB
Mens han nå var i Jerusalem i påsken, på høytiden, trodde mange på hans navn da de så de tegn han gjorde;
OTB
Mens han var i Jerusalem under påskefesten, så mange mennesker de tegnene han gjorde og trodde på hans navn.
B1930
Mens han nu var i Jerusalem i påsken, på høitiden, trodde mange på hans navn da de så de tegn han gjorde;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 7:31

    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

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  • John 6:14

    When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

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  • Luke 8:13

    The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

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  • Ephesians 3:16–17

    I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

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  • Galatians 5:6

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

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  • John 2:13

    When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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  • John 3:2

    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

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  • Mark 4:16–17

    Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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