John 16:31

George Lamsa Translation

Jesus said to them, Believe it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus responded to them, “Do you now believe?

King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered them, Doe yee now beleeue?

King James Version
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

English Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

New American Standard Bible
Jesus replied to them, "Do you now believe?

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "So now you believe?

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered them, "Do you now [at last] believe?

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Berean Standard Bible
"Do you finally believe?" Jesus replied.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied: Do you really believe me?

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered, "Now you do believe.

Darby Translation
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said, "So now you believe?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered them, Doe you beleeue nowe?

Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "Do you believe now?

Lexham English Bible
Jesus replied to them, "Now do you believe?

Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, Do you believe now?

American Standard Version
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

Bible in Basic English
Jesus made answer, Have you faith now?

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered them, "Do you now believe?

International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Etheridge Translation
JESHU saith to them, Believe !

Murdock Translation
Jesus said to them: Do ye believe?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered them: Do ye nowe beleue?

English Revised Version
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered, Ye do now believe. But lo the hour is coming,

Weymouth's New Testament
"Do you at last believe?" replied Jesus.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answeride to hem, Now ye bileuen.

Update Bible Version
Jesus answered them, Do you now believe?

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

New English Translation
Jesus replied, "Do you now believe?

New King James Version
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

New Living Translation
Jesus asked, "Do you finally believe?

New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Do you believe now?

New Revised Standard
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered them - As yet, ye believe:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered them: Do you now believe?

Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered them: Now ye do beleve.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered them: Now ye do beleue:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered them, you now believe.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus answered them, "Do you finally believe? In fact, you're about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I'm not abandoned. The Father is with me. I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus asked, "You say you believe now,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Contextual Overview

²⁸ I came forth from the Father, and I came into the world; again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father. ²⁹ His disciples said to him, Behold, now you speak plainly, and do not utter a single figure. ³⁰ Now we understand that you know everything; and you need no man to ask you; by this we believe that you have come forth from God. ³¹ Jesus said to them, Believe it. ³² For behold, the hour is coming, and it has now come, when you will be dispersed, every man to his own country, and you will leave me alone; and yet I am never alone, because the Father is with me. ³³ These things I have said to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but have courage; I have conquered the world.

Bible Verse Review
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Do: John 13:38, Luke 9:44, Luke 9:45

Reciprocal: John 14:29 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered them, do ye now believe?] Not as calling their faith in question; or as denying they had any; or as despising it for the smallness of it; but as reproving them for their security, vain confidence and boasting, as if their faith was so very strong that it would never be moved; and perhaps for the lateness of it too: the words may be read affirmatively, without an interrogation, "ye do believe now"; they are in the Syriac and Arabic versions read imperatively, "believe ye now". Though the "now" is left out by the former, which is not to be spared, for the emphasis lies on it; and a regard seems to be had both to time past and to come. The words carry in them a tacit reproof, that they believed no sooner, or were not before this time more established in their faith, when he had been so long with them, and they had heard so many discourses from him, and had seen so many miracles wrought by him: however, it was not too late, and they would do well to go on believing; but it is suggested to them they would meet with something that would try their faith: and it is as if Christ had said, ye believe in me now, while I am with you, and all things go according to your mind; but what will you do anon, when I shall be taken from you, be apprehended by mine enemies, be delivered into the hands of the Gentiles, be crucified, die, and be laid in the grave? will ye believe then? one of you will betray me, another deny me, and all will forsake me, and some express their doubts about me.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do ye now believe? - Do you truly and really believe? This question was evidently asked to put them on a full examination of their hearts. Though they supposed that they had unshaken faith - faith that would endure every trial, yet he told them that they were about to go through scenes that would test them, and where they would need all their confidence in God. When we feel strong in the faith we should examine ourselves. It may be that we are deceived; and it may be that God may even then be preparing trials for us that will shake our faith to its foundation. The Syriac and Arabic read this in the indicative as an affirmation - “Ye do now believe.” The sense is not affected by this reading.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:31. Do ye now believe? — And will ye continue to believe? Ye are now fully convinced; and will ye in the hour of trial retain your conviction, and prove faithful and steady?