KJV King James Version
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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John 11:40
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
WEB World English Bible
Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
ASV American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus saith to her, ‘Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?’
Surrounding context — John 11
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
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λέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῇG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦς·G2424 · IēsousJesusοὐκG3756 · ounoεἶπόνG2036 · eiponto sayσοιG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐὰνG1437 · eanifπιστεύσῃςG4100 · pisteuōto trust (in)ὄψῃG3708 · horaōto see: seeτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoδόξανG1391 · doxagloryτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ;G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
John 11:4When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.John 11:23-26Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.Romans 4:17-25(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.Psalm 63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.Psalm 90:16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.John 12:41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
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