Christian Standard Bible
John 4:48
48Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
John 4:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
- New International Version (NIV)“Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”
Context of John 4:48
46He went again to Cana of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum. 47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him and pleaded with him to come down and heal his son, since he was about to die. Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” 49“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my boy dies.” 50“Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed.
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εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐὰν μὴ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἴδητε, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- ·ἐάνean · ifG1437
- Exceptμήmē · notG3361
- ye seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
- ye willπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
- ·οὐou · noG3756
Cross-references for John 4:48
- John 4:41Many more believed because of what he said.
- John 2:18So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”
- John 12:37Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him.
- John 15:24If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
- John 20:29Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”
- Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise me? How long will they not trust in me despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Matthew 16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
- Luke 10:18He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
- Luke 16:31“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Acts 2:22“Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know.
- 1 Corinthians 1:22For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,
Commentaries on John 4:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Except ye see signs and wonders, etc. - Our Lord does not tell this man that he had no faith, but that he had not enough. If he had had none, he would not have come from Capernaum to Cana, to beg him to heal his son. If he had had enough, he would have been contented with recommending his son to our Lord, without entreating him to go to Capernaum to heal him; which intimates that he did not believe our Lord could do it at a distance. But the words are not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48Except ye see signs - This was spoken not to the nobleman only, but to the Galileans generally. The Samaritans had believed without any miracle. The Galileans, he said, were less disposed to believe him than even they were; and though he had performed miracles enough to convince them, yet, unless they continually saw them, they would not believe.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 43-54Verses 43-54 The father was a nobleman, yet the son was sick. Honours and titles are no security from sickness and death. The greatest men must go themselves to God, must become beggars. The nobleman did not stop from his request till he prevailed. But at first he discovered the weakness of his faith in the power of Christ. It is hard to persuade ourselves that distance of time and place, are no hinderance to the knowledge, mercy, and power of our Lord…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48Jesus strongly criticized the Galileans for asking to see miracles and wonders before they would believe (see 6:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 48-5448-54. Except ye see signs, &c.--He did believe, both as his coming and his urgent entreaty show; but how imperfectly we shall see; and our Lord would deepen his faith by such a blunt and seemingly rough answer as He made to Nicodemus.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 4
- 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
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