John 11:42

John 11:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
• New International Version (NIV)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”

Context of John 11:42

40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41So they removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44Out came the man who had died, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

John 11:42 word by word

ἐγὼ δὲ ᾔδειν ὅτι πάντοτέ μου ἀκούεις· ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον τὸν περιεστῶτα εἶπον, ἵνα πιστεύσωσιν ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας.Read the interlinear

• that You alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• Me; neverthelessἀλλάalla · butG235
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• standingπεριΐστημιperiistēmi · to stand aroundG4026
• I saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they may believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• You sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649

Cross-references for John 11:42

• John 11:22Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
• John 8:29And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
• John 12:27“Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
• Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
• Hebrews 5:7In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior.
• Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save forever those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
• John 11:31Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary had gotten up quickly and left, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
• John 12:29So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him!”
• John 11:45Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.
• John 9:24So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this Man is a sinner.”
• John 10:37If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
• John 20:31but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that by believing you may have life in His name.
• Matthew 12:22Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Jesus, and He healed him so that the man who was unable to speak talked and could see.
• John 3:17For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
• John 7:28Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

Commentaries on John 11:42

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42And I knew - “As for me. So far as I am concerned. I had no anxiety, no doubt as to myself, that I should always be heard; but the particular ground of gratitude is the benefit that will result to those who are witnesses.” Jesus never prayed in vain. He never attempted to work a miracle in vain; and in all his miracles the ground of his joy was, not that he was to be praised or honored, but that others were to be benefited and God glorified.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-46Verses 33-46 Christ's tender sympathy with these afflicted friends, appeared by the troubles of his spirit. In all the afflictions of believers he is afflicted. His concern for them was shown by his kind inquiry after the remains of his deceased friend. Being found in fashion as a man, he acts in the way and manner of the sons of men. It was shown by his tears. He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Tears of compassion resemble those of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-57The resurrection of Lazarus points to the future death and resurrection of Jesus. The description of Lazarus’s tomb is similar to the description of the tomb Jesus was placed in after he died (11:38, 44; 20:1, 7). Both accounts mention a cave and burial cloths. These details connect the two events and help us see that Lazarus’s story is a sign. Soon after Lazarus was raised, a woman anointed Jesus for burial (12:3). This act prepared him for his coming…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4439-44. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone--spoken to the attendants of Martha and Mary; for it was a work of no little labor [Grotius]. According to the Talmudists, it was forbidden to open a grave after the stone was placed upon it. Besides other dangers, they were apprehensive of legal impurity by contact with the dead. Hence they avoided coming nearer a grave than four cubits [Maimonides in Lampe]. But He who touched the leper, and the bier of the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 11

• 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
• 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