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 saith to her, Said I not to thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus saith 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

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• knewεἴδωeidō · to perceive: knowG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• hearestἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• meμοῦmou · of meG3450
• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• whoὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• byπεριΐστημιperiistēmi · to stand aroundG4026
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• meμέme · meG3165

Cross-references for John 11:42

• John 11:22But I know, that even now, whatever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
• John 8:29And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
• John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause I came to this hour.
• Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
• Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Hebrews 7:25Therefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• John 11:31The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth to the grave to weep there.
• John 12:29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him.
• John 11:45Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
• John 9:24Then again they called the man that was blind, and said to him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
• John 10:37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
• John 20:31But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life through his name.
• Matthew 12:22Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.
• John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him may be saved.
• John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 7:28Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know where I am from: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

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