John 11:40 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:40

Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

KJV

Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 7 (Fragments) (444)

A most excellent thing is faith, when it is produced from an ardent mind; and it has such great power that not only is the believer healed, but in fact others also have been healed besides them that believed; as the paralytic let down [through the tiles] at Capernaum, by the faith of those who carried him; and as Lazarus, by that of his sister, to whom the Lord said: If thou believest, thou shall see the glory of God; all but saying: "Since Lazarus, being dead, is not able to believe, do thou fill up that which is lacking of the faith of him that is dead."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If thou wouldest believe, etc. - So it appears that it is faith alone that interests the miraculous and saving power of God in behalf of men. Instead of δοξαν, the glory, one MS. reads δυναμιν, the miraculous power.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

These verses record one of the greatest miracles the Lord Jesus Christ ever worked, and supply an unanswerable proof of His divinity. He whose voice could bring back from the grave one that had been four days dead, must indeed have been very God! The miracle itself is described in such simple language that no human comment can throw light upon it. But the sayings of our Lord on this occasion are peculiarly interesting, and demand special notice. We should mark, first, our Lord's words about the STONE which lay upon the grave of Lazarus.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
οὐκ	ouk	Surely	G3756 →
εἶπόν	eipon	I said	G2036 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
πιστεύσῃς	pisteusēs	you shall believe	G4100 →
ὄψῃ	opsē	you will see	G3708 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ;	theou	of God?	G2316 →

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 walk8

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 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
leads to
- 1 John 4:9
  This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- 1 Timothy 3:16
  By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world,…
- Galatians 4:4
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- John 1:1
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Isaiah 40:5
  And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Through
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.”
leads to
- John 9:3
  Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
- 1 Peter 4:14
  If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- John 5:23
  so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.