Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from God.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”
- KJV Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
- BSB Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”
- NASB Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we believe that You came forth from God.”
- NLT Now we understand that you know everything, and there’s no need to question you. From this we believe that you came from God.”
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Quick answer
The disciples confess that Jesus knows all things and conclude that he came from God. It is a genuine, if incomplete, statement of faith.
Overview
They recognize Jesus' divine knowledge, perhaps prompted by his anticipating their questions (16:19). Their confession that he 'came from God' is true and central to John's Gospel. Yet their faith is not yet tested by the cross; the very next verses warn that they will scatter, showing that true, settled faith would come only through Jesus' death and resurrection and the gift of the Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- John 21:17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
- John 17:8for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
- John 16:17Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
- Heb 4:13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
- John 5:20For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
- John 16:27–28for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
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