Bible Strands
John 13:19
I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses His disciples during the Last Supper, immediately after identifying the betrayer and before explaining His impending departure.
The words — ἄρτι (arti, "now") and ἵνα (hina, "so that") frame the declaration, establishing the present warning as the direct mechanism for future conviction.
The thread — The pattern of foretelling events to produce belief appears in John 14:29 and John 16:4, while the call to recognize divine identity echoes Isaiah 43:10.
Why it lands — The text demands that listeners treat the fulfillment of the prediction as objective proof of Jesus' divine identity, moving from historical awareness to conviction.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 43:10 “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
- John 14:29 And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
- John 16:4 But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- Revelation 1:17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Isaiah 48:5 Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
- Matthew 24:25 See, I have told you in advance.
- John 8:23 Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
- Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 11:3 to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
- John 8:58 “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”