John 1:50 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:50

Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

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ASV

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

KJV

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Because I said - I saw thee, etc. - As thou hast credited my Divine mission on this simple proof, that I saw thee when and where no human eye, placed where mine was, could see thee, thy faith shall not rest merely upon this, for thou shalt see greater things than these - more numerous and express proofs of my eternal power and Godhead.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

Let us observe, as we read these verses, how various are the paths by which souls are led into the narrow way of life. We are told of a man, named Philip, being added to the little company of Christ's disciples. He does not appear to have been moved, like Andrew and his companions, by the testimony of John the Baptist. He was not drawn, like Simon Peter, by the out-spoken declaration of a brother. He seems to have been called directly by Christ Himself, and the agency of man seems not to have been used in his calling.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1478: “Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1879)

WE cannot help making a few remarks upon the narrative before we proceed to the distinct subject of discourse. Certain catch words are exceedingly worthy of notice since they are abundantly full of instruction. When Nathanael had doubts as to whether the Messiah could come from Nazareth, Philip answered Him, "Come and see." Now, those were the precise words which the Lord Jesus had Himself used to His earliest disciples when they began to follow Him—He said to them, "Come and see." It is always safe for us to use over again words which God has blessed.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀπεκρίθη	Apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	Because	G3754 →
εἶπόν	eipon	I said	G2036 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
εἶδόν	eidon	I saw	G1492 →
σε	se	you	G4771 →
ὑποκάτω	hupokatō	under	G5270 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
συκῆς,	sukēs	fig tree,	G4808 →
πιστεύεις;	pisteueis	believe you?	G4100 →
μείζω	meizō	Greater things	G3173 →
τούτων	toutōn	than these	G3778 →
ὄψῃ.	opsē	You will see.	G3708 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 20:29
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:8
  Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
  For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- Hebrews 11:1
  Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:27
  By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
Through
John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
leads to
- John 11:4
  When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 11:23–26
  “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
- Romans 4:17–25
  As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead…
Through
Luke 1:45
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
leads to
- John 20:29
  Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About John

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About John