John 10:25
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
KJV
ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς· εἶπον ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε· τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός μου, ταῦτα μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ·
Greek NT
Respondit eis Jesus : Loquor vobis, et non creditis : opera quæ ego facio in nomine Patris mei, hæc testimonium perhibent de me :
Vulgate
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, these bear witness of me.
ASV
Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§548The signs worked by Jesus attest that the Father has sent him. They invite belief in him.269 To those who turn to him in faith, he grants what they ask.270 So miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father's works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God.271 But his miracles can also be occasions for "offence";272 they are not intended to satisfy people's curiosit…
§582Going even further, Jesus perfects the dietary law, so important in Jewish daily life, by revealing its pedagogical meaning through a divine interpretation: "Whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him. . . (Thus he declared all foods clean.). . . What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts. . ."346 In …
Cross-references
- John 5:17 — But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- John 5:36 — But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
- John 5:43 — I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
- John 8:58 — Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
- John 10:37 — If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
- John 10:38 — But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
- John 10:38 — But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
- John 14:11 — Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
- John 14:11 — Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
- Matt 11:5 — The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Matt 21:25 — The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?