John 11:42 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:42

I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.

KJV

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

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

Of course it is agreeably to His self-humiliation as a Man that the Christ thus speaks in a lowly manner, not according to the excellency of the Godhead: and He offers His thanks to the Father not on account of Lazarus only, but for the life of all men. For being good, He is of one mind with the Father in bringing back to life the nature of man which had fallen into liability to corruption through its disobedience; and there is no distinction between His goodness and that of the Father.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And I knew that thou hearest me always,.... Which was not only a support to the faith of Christ, as man, but is also to his people, whose advocate, intercessor, and mediator he is.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And I knew - “As for me. So far as I am concerned. I had no anxiety, no doubt as to myself, that I should always be heard; but the particular ground of gratitude is the benefit that will result to those who are witnesses.” Jesus never prayed in vain. He never attempted to work a miracle in vain; and in all his miracles the ground of his joy was, not that he was to be praised or honored, but that others were to be benefited and God glorified.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	and	G1161 →
ᾔδειν	ēdein	knew	G1492 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
πάντοτέ	pantote	always	G3842 →
μου	mou	Me	G3165 →
ἀκούεις·	akoueis	You hear;	G191 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
διὰ	dia	on account of	G1223 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ὄχλον	ochlon	crowd	G3793 →
τὸν	ton	which	G3588 →
περιεστῶτα	periestōta	already standing around	G4026 →
εἶπον,	eipon	I said [it],	G2036 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
πιστεύσωσιν	pisteusōsin	they may believe	G4100 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
σύ	su	You yourself	G4771 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
ἀπέστειλας.	apesteilas	sent.	G649 →

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 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
leads to
- 1 John 4:14
  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Luke 19:10
  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- John 12:47–48
  As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 6:57
  Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
- John 6:40
  For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Through
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
leads to
- Romans 8:34
  Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
- 1 John 2:1–2
  My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 Timothy 2:5
  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,