John 6:29 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:29

Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

KJV

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

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Commentary

1 voice

Tertullian

Against Praxeas (220)

It was therefore always the Son (of whom we read) under the designation of the Almighty and Most High God, and King, and Lord. To those also who inquired "what they should do to work the works of God," He answered, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

This is the work of God - This is the thing that will be acceptable to God, or which you are to do in order to be saved. Jesus did not tell them they had nothing to do, or that they were to sit down and wait, but that there was a work to perform, and that was a duty that was imperative. It was to believe on the Messiah.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1521: “A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1880)

NOTICE the connection or you will miss the meaning of the words, for, at first sight it looks as if our Savior taught us that it is the work of God for us to believe on Him. Now, that would be quite true and it is very plainly taught in other parts of Scripture that faith is the work of God, but that is not the teaching in this particular instance, as will be very plain if you look at the context. First, our Savior said to the people, "See how you labor after the bread of your bodies.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This is the work of God, &c.--That lies at the threshold of all acceptable obedience, being not only the prerequisite to it, but the proper spring of it--in that sense, the work of works, emphatically "the work of God."

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀπεκρίθη	Apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
τοῦτό	touto	This	G3778 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἔργον	ergon	work	G2041 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
πιστεύητε	pisteuēte	you may believe	G4100 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
ὃν	hon	Him whom	G3739 →
ἀπέστειλεν	apesteilen	has sent	G649 →
ἐκεῖνος.¶	ekeinos	He.	G1565 →

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
Acts 16:31
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
leads to
- John 1:12
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Acts 2:38–39
  Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 10:9–10
  that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Acts 11:13–14
  He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
Through
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
leads to
- John 5:24
  Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9
  For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 5:6
  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.