John 10:24

John 10:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
• New International Version (NIV)The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

Context of John 10:24

22Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade. The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25“I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in my Father’s name testify about me. 26But you don’t believe because you are not of my sheep.

John 10:24 word by word

ἐκύκλωσαν οὖν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ· ἕως πότε τὴν ψυχὴν ἡμῶν αἴρεις; εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστός, εἰπὲ ἡμῖν παρρησίᾳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• cameκυκλόωkukloō · to surroundG2944
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Howπότεpote · when?G4219
• longἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• dost thou makeαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the Christὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• plainlyπαρρησίαparrhēsia · boldnessG3954
• ·ψυχήpsuchē · soul: myselfG5590

Cross-references for John 10:24

• 1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.
• Matthew 11:3and asked him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
• Luke 3:15Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.
• John 1:19This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
• John 8:25“Who are you?” they questioned. “Exactly what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them.
• John 9:22His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed him as the Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue.
• Luke 22:67They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.
• 2 Corinthians 3:12Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness.

Commentaries on John 10:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24How long dost than make us to doubt? - Or, How long dost thou kill us with suspense? ̔ ̔ , literally, How long wilt thou take away our life? Mr. Markland would read for , which amounts nearly to the same sense with the above. The Jews asked this question through extreme perfidiousness: they wished to get him to declare himself king of the Jews, that they might accuse him to the Roman governor; and by it they insolently insinuated that all the proofs he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Tell us plainly - The Messiah was predicted as a shepherd. Jesus had applied that prediction to himself. They supposed that that was an evidence that he claimed to be the Messiah. He also performed miracles, which they considered as evidence that he was the Christ, John 7:31. Yet the rulers made a difficulty. They alleged that he was from Galilee, and that the Messiah could not come from thence, John 7:52. He was poor and despised. He came contrary to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-30Verses 22-30 All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the Father were one. Thus he was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The people around Jesus might have been trying to understand, or they might have been hostile. In Luke 21:20 and Hebrews 11:30, the same word describes how armies surrounded Jerusalem and Jericho before their destruction. In Acts 14:20, it refers to Paul's disciples gathering around him after he was injured.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Then came the Jews--the rulers. (See on Joh 1:19). How long dost thou make us to doubt?--"hold us in suspense" (Margin). If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly--But when the plainest evidence of it was resisted, what weight could a mere assertion of it have?Read the comment

Topics related to John 10:24

• Jesus Continued
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In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Fold
• Lay
• Sanctify
• Thief
• Dedication, Feast of
• Doubt
• God
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on John 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings