KJV King James Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
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John 13:7
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
WEB World English Bible
Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
ASV American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, ‘That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;’
Surrounding context — John 13
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀπεκρίθηG611 · apokrinōto answerἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weποιῶ,G4160 · poieōto do/make: doσὺG4771 · suyouοὐκG3756 · ounoοἶδαςG6063 · oidato knowἄρτι,G737 · artinowγνώσῃG1097 · ginōskōto knowδὲG1161 · dethenμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterταῦτα.G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/it
Cross-references
Daniel 12:8And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]?John 12:16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and [that] they had done these things unto him.John 14:26But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.James 5:7-11Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.John 13:10-12Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.Daniel 12:12Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.Habakkuk 2:1-3I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.John 13:36Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.Jeremiah 32:24-25Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it].Jeremiah 32:43And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, [It is] desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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