Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Parallel translations
- WEB Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
- BSB Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
- NKJV Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
- NASB Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
- NLT Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?”
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Quick answer
Judas (not Iscariot) asks why Jesus will reveal Himself only to the disciples and not to the world. The question reflects Jewish expectation of a public Messiah.
Overview
This Judas, also called Thaddaeus, voices the disciples' puzzlement: they expected the Messiah to be revealed openly to all Israel and the nations. Jesus' promise of a private self-revelation to those who love Him did not fit that expectation. The question sets up Jesus' answer, which locates His self-disclosure in the realm of love and obedience rather than public spectacle.
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Cross-references · 12
- Acts 1:13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
- Luke 6:16And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
- Acts 10:40–41Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
- Matt 10:3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
- John 3:9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
- John 3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
- Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- John 6:60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
- Mark 3:18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
- John 6:52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
- John 16:17–18Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
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