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 Living Translation (NLT)You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.”

Context of John 11:42

40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 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.” 43Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose 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 of God, God will give You.”
• John 8:29And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
• John 12:27“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I 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 now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
• Hebrews 5:7who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
• Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost 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 comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
• John 12:29Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
• John 11:45Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
• John 9:24So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! 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 are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
• Matthew 12:22Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
• John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
• 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, as He taught in the temple, 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