And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
Parallel translations
- WEB Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
- BSB Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
- NKJV Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”
- NASB Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this Man was true.”
- NLT And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.”
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Quick answer
Many come to Jesus, observing that John did no sign but everything he said about Jesus was true. John's testimony is vindicated.
Overview
The crowds recognize that John, though he worked no miracles, spoke truly in pointing to Christ. This honors the Baptist's faithful witness and shows its lasting fruit. It also underscores that Jesus is the one to whom all true testimony leads.
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Cross-references · 12
- John 1:33–34And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
- John 1:29–30The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- Luke 7:26–30But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
- Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Matt 14:2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
- Mark 1:37And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
- John 1:27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
- Luke 5:1And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
- Matt 4:23–25And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- John 3:26–36And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
- Matt 3:11–12I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- John 2:11This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
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