John 12:37

John 12:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him,
• New Living Translation (NLT)But despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still did not believe in him.

Context of John 12:37

35Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

John 12:37 word by word

Τοσαῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ σημεῖα πεποιηκότος ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐπίστευον εἰς αὐτόν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• thoughποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• so manyτοσοῦτοςtosoutos · so greatG5118
• miraclesσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• yet they believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• notοὐou · noG3756
• onεἰςeis · towardG1519

Cross-references for John 12:37

• John 1:11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
• John 11:42I 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.”
• John 15:24If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
• Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
• Luke 16:31“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

Commentaries on John 12:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Yet they believed not on him - Though the miracles were wrought for this very purpose, that they might believe in Christ, and escape the coming wrath, and every evidence given that Jesus was the Messiah, yet they did not believe; but they were blinded by their passions, and obstinately hardened their hearts against the truth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37So many miracles - This does not refer to any miracles performed on this occasion, but to all his miracles performed in view of the nation, in healing the sick, opening the eyes of the blind, raising the dead, etc. John here gives the summary or the result of all his work undeniable proof of his being the Messiah, yet the nation did not believe on him. Before them - Before the Jewish nation. Not in the presence of the people whom he was then addressing…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-43Verses 37-43 Observe the method of conversion implied here. Sinners are brought to see the reality of Divine things, and to have some knowledge of them. To be converted, and truly turned from sin to Christ, as their Happiness and Portion. God will heal them, will justify and sanctify them; will pardon their sins, which are as bleeding wounds, and mortify their corruptions, which are as lurking diseases. See the power of the world in smothering…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37Jesus finished his work, but they still did not believe in him. His sermons before the world were complete and the signs had been displayed, but he was rejected (1:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 37-4137-41. It is the manner of this Evangelist alone to record his own reflections on the scenes he describes; but here, having arrived at what was virtually the close of our Lord's public ministry, he casts an affecting glance over the fruitlessness of His whole ministry on the bulk of the now doomed people. though he had done so many miracles--The word used suggests their nature as well as number.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 12

• 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