John 13:19

And I tell you this now, before it happens, so that when it has happened, you may believe that I am.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

In Context

18I am not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me shall lift up his heel against me.’

20Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives anyone whom I send, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 41:23Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.

Isaiah 48:5From that time, I foretold to you. Before these things happened, I revealed them to you, lest you say: “My idols have accomplished these things, and my graven and molten images have commanded them.”

Matthew 11:3“Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?”

Luke 21:13And this will be an opportunity for you to give testimony.

John 8:23And he said to them: “You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

John 14:29And now I have told you this, before it happens, so that, when it will happen, you may believe.

Matthew Henry on John 13:19-31

The Treachery of Judas Foretold; The Anxiety of the Disciples. 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and… Read the whole commentary →

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