Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
Parallel translations
- WEB But 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?”
- KJV And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
- NKJV And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
- NASB But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has done, will He?”
- NLT Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. “After all,” they said, “would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?”
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Quick answer
Many in the crowd believed in Jesus, reasoning that the Christ could not do more signs than He had done. His miracles drew genuine, if imperfect, faith.
Overview
Jesus' signs led many to conclude He was the Messiah, since they expected the Christ to perform such works. Their faith, though based largely on the miracles, was a real response to the evidence God provided. John presents Jesus' signs as pointers to His identity, inviting deeper belief in Him as the Son of God who gives life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- John 12:42Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
- Matt 12:23The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
- John 10:41–42Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
- Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
- John 9:16Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
- Jas 2:26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
- John 8:30–32As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
- John 11:45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- Matt 11:3–6to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
- John 2:23–24While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
- John 6:2A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
- Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
- John 2:11Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
- John 12:11for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
- John 6:14–15When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
- John 4:39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
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