God’s Word Translation
John 10:42
42Many people there believed in Jesus.
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Context of John 10:42
40He went back across the Jordan River and stayed in the place where John first baptized people. 41Many people went to Jesus. They said, “John didn’t perform any miracles, but everything John said about this man is true.” Many people there believed in Jesus.
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καὶ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 10:42
- John 2:23While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover festival, many people believed in him because they saw the miracles that he performed.
- John 4:39Many Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because of the woman who said, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.”
- John 8:30As Jesus was saying this, many people believed in him.
- John 11:45Many Jews who had visited Mary and had seen what Jesus had done believed in him.
- John 12:42Many rulers believed in Jesus. However, they wouldn’t admit it publicly because the Pharisees would have thrown them out of the synagogue.
Commentaries on John 10:42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 42Many believed on him there - The people believed on him: because of the testimony of John the Baptist whom they knew to be a good and a wise man, and a prophet of the Lord; and they knew he could neither deceive nor be deceived in this mater; and, they believed because of the miracles which they saw Jesus work. These fully proved that all that John had said of him was true. The scribes and Pharisees with all their science could not draw a conclusion so…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-42Verses 39-42 No weapon formed against our Lord Jesus shall prosper. He escaped, not because he was afraid to suffer, but because his hour was not come. And He who knew how to deliver himself, knows how to deliver the godly our of their temptations, and to make a way for them to escape. Persecutors may drive Christ and his gospel our of their own city or country, but they cannot drive him or it out of the world. When we know Christ by faith in our hearts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42This is a note of irony (an unexpected contrast). In Jerusalem, the holy city, Jesus found little faith among the religious leaders. But in the desert, away from the center of religious power, many people believed in him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4240-42. went away again beyond Jordan ... the place where John at first baptized--(See on Joh 1:28).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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