And many more believed because of his own word;
Parallel translations
- WEB Many more believed because of his word.
- BSB And many more believed because of His message.
- NKJV And many more believed because of His own word.
- NASB Many more believed because of His word;
- NLT long enough for many more to hear his message and believe.
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Quick answer
Many more Samaritans came to believe through hearing Jesus' own word. Direct encounter with Christ's teaching deepens and multiplies faith.
Overview
The woman's testimony began the work, but it was Jesus' own word that brought a larger harvest of belief. John highlights the power of Christ's word to create faith. This shows the priority of hearing Christ himself, the living Word, over secondhand report alone.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 1 Cor 2:4–5And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
- Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- Acts 8:25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
- Matt 7:28–29And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
- Acts 8:12But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- John 7:46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
- Acts 15:3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
- Heb 4:13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- Gen 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
- Luke 4:32And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
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Christ at the center
John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.
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