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John 4:48
48Jesus therefore said to him, Unless ye see signs and wonders ye 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 came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier in Capernaum whose son was sick. 47He, having heard that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to him and asked [him] that he would come down and heal his son, for he was about to die. Jesus therefore said to him, Unless ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe. 49The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 50Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way.
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εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐὰν μὴ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἴδητε, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 4:48
- John 4:41And more a great deal believed on account of his word;
- John 2:18The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?
- John 12:37But though he had done so many signs before them, they believed not on him,
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- John 20:29Jesus says to him, Because thou hast seen me thou hast believed: blessed they who have not seen and have believed.
- Numbers 14:11And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe me, for all the signs which I have done among them?
- Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to [him], asked him, tempting [him], to shew them a sign out of heaven.
- Matthew 27:42He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.
- Luke 10:18And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.
- Luke 16:31And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded.
- Acts 2:22Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know
- 1 Corinthians 1:22Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and 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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