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 responded, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?” 41So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have listened to me. I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.” 43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• knewεἴδωeidō · to perceive: knowG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thou hearestἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• because ofδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• which stand byπεριΐστημιperiistēmi · to stand aroundG4026
• I saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they may believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• hast sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649

Cross-references for John 11:42

• John 11:22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you.”
• John 8:29And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”
• John 12:27“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.
• Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?
• Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
• Hebrews 7:25So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
• John 11:31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
• John 12:29The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.
• John 11:45Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.
• John 9:24Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, “Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”
• John 10:37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.
• John 20:31But these are recorded 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 they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.
• John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
• John 7:28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

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