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John 7:31
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
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Study note
Setting — The crowd speaks among itself after Jesus performs signs, while religious leaders attempt to seize Him but fail because His appointed time has not yet arrived.
The words — ἐπιστεύσαν (episteusan) means "believed" and εἰς (eis) means "into," describing faith directed toward Jesus.
The thread — Similar crowd reactions to Jesus’ works appear in Matthew 12:23 and John 8:30, while John 12:42 notes that many leaders also believed but concealed it.
Why it lands — The text states that many in the crowd believed Jesus and questioned whether the coming Christ would outperform His signs, requiring readers to examine the actual basis of their own faith.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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?
Cross-references
- Matthew 12:23 The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
- John 12:42 Nevertheless, 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.
- John 8:30 As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
- John 10:41 Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
- John 11:45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
- John 3:2 He 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.”
- John 6:14 When 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.”
- John 9:16 Because 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.
- John 12:11 for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.