John 7:31
29 but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
33 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
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
- Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
- KJV
- And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
- WEB
- But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
- ASV
- But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
- DARBY
- But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this [man] has done?
- BLB
- But many out of the crowd believed in Him and were saying, “When the Christ shall come, will He do more signs than this [man] did?”
- ÅB
- Men av folket var det mange som trodde på ham, og de sa: Når Messias kommer, mon han da vil gjøre flere tegn enn denne har gjort?
- OTB
- Likevel trodde mange i folkemengden på ham. De sa: «Når Messias kommer, vil han gjøre flere tegn enn denne mannen?»
- B1930
- Men av folket var det mange som trodde på ham, og de sa: Når Messias kommer, mon han da vil gjøre flere tegn enn denne har gjort?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 12:42
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
Read in contextMatthew 12:23
The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
Read in contextActs 8:13
Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
Read in contextJohn 11:45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
Read in contextJohn 10:41–42
Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
Read in contextJohn 8:30–32
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
Read in contextJohn 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.”
Read in contextJohn 9:16
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
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