Bible Strands
John 11:42
I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to the Father at the tomb of Lazarus, just after the stone is removed and before He calls Lazarus forth, addressing the gathered crowd.
The words — ᾔδειν (ēdein) means "I knew," and παντοτε (pantote) means "always," anchoring the statement in His certain awareness that the Father continually hears Him.
The thread — The connection between divine hearing, sending, and saving appears in John 3:17, John 17:21, and Hebrews 7:25.
Why it lands — The text states Jesus prays audibly so bystanders will believe He was sent by God, requiring a reader to accept that faith rests on public divine commission rather than hidden revelation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
- John 17:21 that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- 1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Matthew 26:53 Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
- John 7:28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
- John 11:22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
- John 17:8 For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
- John 17:25 Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
- John 20:31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.