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John 11:42 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” "
John 11:42
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
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John 11:1
"Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha."
John 11:2
"It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick."
John 11:3
"The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”"
John 11:4
"But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”"
John 11:5
"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."
John 11:6
"When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was."
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