John 4:48

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

46Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick. 47When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!” 49“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.” 50Jesus told him, “Go home; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

John 4:48 word by word

εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐὰν μὴ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἴδητε, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ἐάνean · ifG1437
• Exceptμήmē · notG3361
• ye seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wondersτέραςteras · wondersG5059
• ye willπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• ·οὐou · noG3756

Cross-references for John 4:48

• John 4:41and because of his word many more believed.
• John 2:18So then the Jewish leaders responded, “What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”
• John 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,
• John 15:24If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
• John 20:29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”
• Numbers 14:11The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?
• Matthew 16:1Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
• Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!
• Luke 10:18So he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
• Luke 16:31He replied to him, ‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
• Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –
• 1 Corinthians 1:22For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for 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

Topics related to John 4:48

• Capernaum
• Children
• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Nobleman
• Sign
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Dealing
• Ere
• God
• Hear
• Live
• Meat
• Messiah
• Spirit

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