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John 6:36

But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

KJV

ἀλλ’ εἶπον ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ ἑωράκατέ καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε.

Greek NT

Sed dixi vobis quia et vidistis me, et non creditis.

Vulgate

But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not.

ASV

But I said unto you that you also have seen me, and you believe not.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2835This petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,"123 that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth. Christians must make every effort "to proclaim the good news to the poor." There is a famine on earth,…
1. When we converse of spiritual things, let there be nothing secular in our souls, nothing earthy, let all such thoughts retire, and be banished, and let us be entirely given up to the hearing the divine oracles only. For if at the arrival of a king all confusion is driven away, much more when the Spirit speaks with us do we need great stillness, great awe. And worthy of awe i…

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • John 6:26 — Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
  • John 6:30 — They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
  • John 6:64 — But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
  • John 12:37 — But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
  • John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Luke 16:31 — And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.