If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
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- WEB If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
- KJV If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- BSB If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
- NKJV If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.
- NLT If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.
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Quick answer
Jesus' unprecedented works left the people without excuse, yet they saw and hated both Him and the Father. Rejecting clear evidence compounds guilt.
Overview
Jesus' miraculous works, unlike any others, were undeniable testimony to His identity. To witness them and still hate Him is to hate the Father who worked through Him. The verse reinforces that their unbelief is willful rejection of overwhelming evidence, deepening their accountability before God.
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- John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
- John 5:36But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
- John 7:31But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
- John 10:32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
- John 10:37If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.
- John 9:32Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
- Deut 5:9You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me;
- Prov 8:36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
- Heb 2:3–4how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
- Matt 9:33When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
- John 3:2The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
- John 6:36But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don’t believe.
- Matt 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Acts 10:38even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- Mark 2:12He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
- John 12:37–40But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
- Exod 20:5you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Matt 11:20–24Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent.
- Jas 4:4You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- John 11:47–50The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
- Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,
- 2 Tim 3:4traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
- Luke 24:19He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- Luke 10:12–16I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
- John 12:45He who sees me sees him who sent me.
- Rom 1:30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- Rom 8:7–8because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
- Luke 19:37–40As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
- John 12:10But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
- Matt 21:32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
- Ps 81:15The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
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