John 10:42
Many people who came there believed ◄ that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And many believed on him there.
In Context
Cross References
John 2:23While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people came to believe that he was the Messiah because they saw the miracles he was performing.
John 4:41Many more of those people believed ◄ in Jesus/that he was the Messiah► because of what he said.
John 8:30As Jesus was saying these things, many people believed that he was ◄ from God/the Messiah►.
John 12:42Although most of the Jewish leaders [SYN] did not believe that Jesus is ◄ the Messiah/from God►, some of them believed in him. But they would not tell anyone that they believed in him, because they were afraid that if they said that, the Pharisees would not let them worship in the synagogues.
Matthew Henry on John 10:40-42
Christ Retires beyond Jordan. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there. We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here… Read the whole commentary →