John 10:41 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:41

Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”

BSB

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ASV

And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.

KJV

And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

No miracle - He did not confirm his mission by working miracles, but he showed that he was a prophet by foretelling the character and success of Jesus. Either miracle or prophecy is conclusive proof of a divine mission, for no man can foretell a future event, or work a miracle, except by the special aid of God. It may be remarked that the people of that place were properly prepared by the ministry of John for the preaching of Jesus.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2818: “Jesus and His Forerunner” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1903)

THE unbelieving and infuriated Jews again and again took up stones to cast at our Lord and here they sought to take Him prisoner, but He escaped from them, apparently with the greatest possible ease. He did this on several occasions. When the men of Nazareth would have cast Him down, headlong, from the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, He passed through the midst of them and went His way. He made His escape, over and over again, in the same wonderful manner, thus proving that He was not in the power of any man.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

We should observe, in these verses, the extreme wickedness of human nature. The unbelieving Jews at Jerusalem was neither moved by our Lord's miracles, nor by His preaching. They were determined not to receive Him as their Messiah. Once more it is written that "they took up stones to stone Him." Our Lord had done the Jews no injury. He was no robber, murderer, or rebel against the law of the land. He was one whose whole life was love, and who "went about doing good." (Acts 10:38.) There was no fault or inconsistency in His character.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1924: “A Cheering Incident at Bethabara” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1886)

BECAUSE our Savior's reasoning was unanswerable, "therefore the Jews sought again to take Him." When men are convinced against their wills; when the heart struggles against the head; it usually happens that they turn persecutors. If they cannot answer holy arguments with fair reasoning, they can give hard answers with stones. If you cannot destroy the reasoning, you may, perhaps, destroy the reasoner—and this naturally suggests itself to the heart which is rendered cruel by obstinate unbelief—he who hates Truth of God soon hates its advocate.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
πολλοὶ	polloi	many	G4183 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	came	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	were saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
σημεῖον	sēmeion	sign	G4592 →
ἐποίησεν	epoiēsen	did	G4160 →
οὐδέν,	ouden	no[thing],	G3762 →
πάντα	panta	everything	G3956 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὅσα	hosa	as much as	G3745 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
τούτου	toutou	this [man]	G3778 →
ἀληθῆ	alēthē	true	G227 →
ἦν.	ēn	was.	G1510 →

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

The walk

The walk5

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 1:27
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
leads to
- Luke 3:16
  John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with…
- Matthew 3:11
  I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and…
- John 1:30
  This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
- Mark 1:7
  And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- John 1:15
  John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”