However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
Parallel translations
- WEB But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.
- KJV But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
- NKJV But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.
- NASB But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray Him.
- NLT But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.)
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Jesus knows that some do not believe, and from the beginning He knew His betrayer. His divine foreknowledge underscores that unbelief does not catch Him by surprise.
Overview
John reveals Jesus's knowledge of every heart, including who would not believe and who would betray Him. This foreknowledge fits the discourse's teaching that faith is a gift of the Father. Even Judas's treachery lay within the scope of God's sovereign plan, which Jesus knowingly embraced toward the cross.
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Cross-references · 17
- 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- John 10:26But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
- Heb 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Ps 139:2–4You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
- John 13:10–11Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
- John 5:42but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
- John 6:61Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?
- John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
- John 6:70–71Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Rom 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’
- John 6:36But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
- John 13:18–21I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- John 6:66From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- John 8:55You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
- John 8:23Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
- John 8:38–47I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
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