John 7:31

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“Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?””

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BSBPD

“Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said--`The Christ--when he may come--will he do more signs than these that this one did?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 7:31 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 11:3to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
  2. Matthew 12:23The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. John 2:23While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  6. 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.”
  7. 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.”
  8. John 6:2A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
  9. John 6:14When 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.”
  10. John 8:30As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
  11. 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.
  12. John 10:41Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
  13. John 11:45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
  14. John 12:11for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
  15. 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.
  16. Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
  17. James 2:26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

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