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John 13:7

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

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ASV

Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter.

KJV

Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēAnsweredG611 →
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
εἶπενeipensaidG2036 →
αὐτῷ·autōto him;G846 →
ὃhoWhatG3739 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
ποιῶ,poiōdoG4160 →
σὺsuyou yourselfG4771 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
οἶδαςoidasknow
ἄρτι,artipresently,G737 →
γνώσῃgnōsēyou will knowG1097 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
μετὰmetaafterG3326 →
ταῦτα.tautathese things.G3778 →

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Daniel 12:8I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”John 12:16At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.James 5:7–11Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.John 13:10–12Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”Habakkuk 2:1–3I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.Daniel 12:12Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.John 13:36“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”John 13:12When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?Jeremiah 32:24–25See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!Jeremiah 32:43And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’Genesis 37:33His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”Jeremiah 32:25Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”Psalms 18:9He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.Isaiah 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

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