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John 4:42

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40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41 And many more believed because of His message.

They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

43 After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44 Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

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BSB
They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
KJV
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
WEB
They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
ASV
and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
DARBY
and they said to the woman, [It is] no longer on account of thy saying that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
BLB
And they were saying to the woman, “No longer because of your speech do we believe; for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
ÅB
og de sa til kvinnen: Nå tror vi ikke lenger for din tales skyld; for vi har selv hørt, og vi vet nå at han sannelig er verdens frelser.
OTB
De sa til kvinnen: «Nå tror vi ikke lenger bare på grunn av det du sa; nå har vi selv hørt, og vi vet at denne mannen virkelig er verdens frelser.»
B1930
og de sa til kvinnen: Nu tror vi ikke lenger for din tales skyld; for vi har selv hørt, og vi vet nu at han sannelig er verdens frelser.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 John 4:14

    And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

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  • John 1:29

    The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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  • 1 Timothy 4:10

    To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

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  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:19

    that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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  • Acts 4:12

    Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

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  • John 3:14–18

    Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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  • John 6:68–69

    Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

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