Tree of Life Version
John 4:48
48Then Yeshua said to him, “Unless you all see signs and wonders, you’ll never believe!”
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
46So He went again to Cana of the Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. Now there was a nobleman whose son was sick in Capernaum. 47When he heard that Yeshua had come from Judea to the Galilee, he went to Him and begged Him to come down and heal his son; for he was about to die. Then Yeshua said to him, “Unless you all see signs and wonders, you’ll never believe!” 49The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!” 50Yeshua tells him, “Go! Your son lives!” The man believed the word that Yeshua said to him and started off.
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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 many more believed because of His word.
- John 2:18The Judean leaders responded, “What sign do You show us, since You are doing these things?”
- John 12:37But even though He had performed so many signs before them, they weren’t trusting in Him.
- John 15:24If I had not done works among them that no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and have hated both Me and My Father.
- John 20:29Yeshua said to Him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed? Blessed are the ones who have not seen and yet have believed!”
- Numbers 14:11Adonai said to Moses, “How long will these people treat Me contemptibly? How long will they neglect to trust in Me—in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?
- Matthew 16:1Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Yeshua, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 27:42“He saved others,” they were saying, “but He can’t save Himself? He’s the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the stake, and we’ll believe in Him!
- Luke 10:18And Yeshua said to them, “I was watching satan fall like lightning from heaven.
- Luke 16:31“But Abraham said, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead!’”
- Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, hear these words! Yeshua ha-Natzrati—a Man authenticated to you by God with mighty deeds and wonders and signs God performed through Him in your midst, as you yourselves know—
- 1 Corinthians 1:22For Jewish people ask for signs and Greek people seek after 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
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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
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