Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
Parallel translations
- KJV Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
- BSB Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- NKJV Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
- NASB Jesus *said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
- NLT Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?”
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Quick answer
Jesus reminds Martha that belief will lead her to see God's glory. Faith is the path to witnessing his works.
Overview
Jesus recalls his earlier promise, calling Martha back from doubt to trust. The 'glory of God' is about to be revealed in the raising of Lazarus, a sign pointing to Jesus' own resurrection glory. The verse teaches that faith precedes and prepares the heart to perceive God's mighty acts.
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Cross-references · 11
- John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
- John 11:23–26Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
- Rom 4:17–25As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Ps 63:2So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
- John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- Ps 90:16Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children.
- 2 Chr 20:20They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
- 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
- John 12:41Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
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