John 10:42 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:42

And many in that place believed in Jesus.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And many believed on him there.

KJV

And many believed on him there.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And many believed on him there., Through the doctrine he preached, the miracles he wrought, and through comparing these things with what John had said of him: this shows the reason of Christ's leaving Jerusalem, and coming into these parts; there were others that were to believe in his name: the word "there", is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Many believed on him there - The people believed on him: 1. because of the testimony of John the Baptist whom they knew to be a good and a wise man, and a prophet of the Lord; and they knew he could neither deceive nor be deceived in this mater; and, 2. they believed because of the miracles which they saw Jesus work. These fully proved that all that John had said of him was true. The scribes and Pharisees with all their science could not draw a conclusion so just.

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

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
πολλοὶ	polloi	many	G4183 →
ἐπίστευσαν	episteusan	believed	G4100 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἐκεῖ.¶	ekei	there.	G1563 →

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 11:45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
leads to
- John 2:23
  While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 8:30
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
leads to
- John 7:31
  Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 12:42
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
leads to
- John 7:13
  Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
- Isaiah 51:7
  Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
- John 9:22
  His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
- Proverbs 29:25
  The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Through
John 4:39
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
leads to
- John 4:29
  “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
- John 11:45
  Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.