God’s Word Translation
John 10:25
25Jesus answered them, “I’ve told you, but you don’t believe me. The things that I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf.
John 10:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.
Context of John 10:25
23Jesus was walking on Solomon’s porch in the temple courtyard. 24The Jews surrounded him. They asked him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I’ve told you, but you don’t believe me. The things that I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf. 26However, you don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. 27My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me,
Read all of John 10John 10:25 word by word
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἶπον ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε. τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός μου, ταῦτα μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- I toldλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- youσύsu · youG4771
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- ye believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
- notοὐou · noG3756
- the worksἔργονergon · workG2041
- thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- Father’sπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- theyοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- bear witnessμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
Cross-references for John 10:25
- John 5:17Jesus replied to them, “My Father is working right now, and so am I.”
- John 8:12Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will have a life filled with light and will never live in the dark.”
- John 10:32Jesus replied to them, “I’ve shown you many good things that come from the Father. For which of these good things do you want to stone me to death?”
- John 3:2He came to Jesus one night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that God has sent you as a teacher. No one can perform the miracles you perform unless God is with him.”
- John 5:36But I have something that testifies more favorably on my behalf than John’s testimony. The tasks that the Father gave me to carry out, these tasks which I perform, testify on my behalf. They prove that the Father has sent me.
- John 7:31However, many people in the crowd believed in him. They asked, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has?”
- John 11:47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What are we doing? This man is performing a lot of miracles.
- John 12:37Although they had seen Jesus perform so many miracles, they wouldn’t believe in him.
- John 14:11Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of the things I do.
- John 20:30Jesus performed many other miracles that his disciples saw. Those miracles are not written in this book.
- Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, listen to what I say: Jesus from Nazareth was a man whom God brought to your attention. You know that through this man God worked miracles, did amazing things, and gave signs.
- Acts 10:38You know that God anointed Jesus from Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went everywhere and did good things, such as healing everyone who was under the devil’s power. Jesus did these things because God was with him.
- Hebrews 2:3So how will we escape punishment if we reject the important message, the message that God saved us? First, the Lord told this saving message. Then those who heard him confirmed that message.
Commentaries on John 10:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25I told you, etc. - That is, I told you before what I tell you now again, that the works which I do, bear testimony to me. I have told you that I am the light of the world: the Son of God: the good shepherd: that I am come to save - to give life - to give liberty - to redeem you: that, in order to this, I must die, and rise again; and that I am absolute master of my life, and of my death. Have you not noticed my omniscience, in searching and discovering…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25I told you - It is not recorded that Jesus had told them in so many words that he was the Christ, but he had used expressions designed to convey the same truth, and which many of them understood as claiming to be the Messiah. See John 5:19; John 8:36, John 8:56; John 10:1. The expression “the Son of God” they understood to be equivalent to the Messiah. This he had often used of himself in a sense not to be mistaken. The works - The miracles, such as…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. 25Jesus had already provided the Jewish people and their religious leaders with sufficient proof that he is the Son of God. The problem was not lack of information, but their unwillingness to believe him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. Jesus answered them, I told you--that is, in substance, what I am (for example Joh 7:37, 38; 8:12, 35, 36, 58).Read the comment
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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
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