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John 11:42

I know that you always hear me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that you have sent me as your messenger.”

Open English Bible (US)

In The 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.

In Context

41So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard my prayer.

43Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus! Come out!”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:53Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?

John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

John 8:16Yet, even if I were to judge, my judgment would be trustworthy; because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

John 8:42“If God were your Father,” Jesus replied, “you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his messenger.

John 10:36do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his messenger to the world ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said ‘I am God’s Son’?

John 11:31So the people, who were in the house with Mary, comforting her, when they saw her get up quickly and go out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Matthew Henry on John 11:34-45

Christ at the Grave of Lazarus; The Resurrection of Lazarus. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh… Read the whole commentary →

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