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New Living Translation

John 10:32

Jesus said, "At my Father's direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Temple;   Works;   Thompson Chain Reference - Evil;   Evil for Good;   Gratitude-Ingratitude;   The Topic Concordance - Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Works, Good;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Son of God;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Work;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Soul;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Son of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Communion (2);   Consciousness;   Cures;   Discourse;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Laughter;   Mediator;   Miracles (2);   Physician (2);   Questions and Answers;   Temple (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   Stones;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Good;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works
King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father; for which of those workes doe ye stone me?
King James Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
English Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"
New American Standard Bible
Jesus replied to them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"
New Century Version
But he said to them, "I have done many good works from the Father. Which of these good works are you killing me for?"
Amplified Bible
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works [and many acts of mercy] from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"
Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus responded, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?"
Contemporary English Version
But he said, "I have shown you many good things that my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?"
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered them, "You have seen me do many good deeds that reflect the Father's power; for which one of these deeds are you stoning me?"
Darby Translation
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me?
Easy-to-Read Version
But he said to them, "The many wonderful things you have seen me do are from the Father. Which of these good things are you killing me for?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me?
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to them, I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which one of them do you stone me?
Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?"
Lexham English Bible
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"
Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, I showed you many good works from My Father. For which work of them do you stone Me?
American Standard Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
International Standard Version
Jesus replied to them, "I have shown you many good works from mythe">[fn] Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saith to them, Many good works from my Father have I showed you: on account of which of these works do you stone me ?
Murdock Translation
Jesus said to them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father: for which of the do ye stone me?
English Revised Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
for which of those works do ye stone me?
Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus remonstrated with them. "Many good deeds," He said, "have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answerde to hem, Y haue schewide to you many good werkis of my fadir, for which werk of hem stonen ye me?
Update Bible Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from the Father; for which of those works do you stone me?
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
New English Translation
Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"
New King James Version
Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Many good things have I shown you from My Father. For which of these things are you going to throw stones at Me?"
New Revised Standard
Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered them - Many works, have I showed you, noble ones, from my Father: For which of those works are ye stoning me?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?
Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered them: many good workes have I shewed you from my father: for which of them will ye stone me?
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered the: Many good workes haue I shewed you fro my father, for which of the stone ye me?
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered them, many good works have I shewed you from my father; for which of those works would you stone me?
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus calmly replied, "God himself said to some of your ancestors, 'I call y'all gods!'

Contextual Overview

22 It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication. 23 He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon's Colonnade. 24 The people surrounded him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." 25 Jesus replied, "I have already told you, and you don't believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father's name. 26 But you don't believe me because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father's hand. 30 The Father and I are one." 31 Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Many: John 10:25, John 10:37, John 5:19, John 5:20, John 5:36, Matthew 11:5, Acts 2:22, Acts 10:38

for: 1 Samuel 19:4-6, 2 Chronicles 24:20-22, Psalms 35:12, Psalms 109:4, Psalms 109:5, Ecclesiastes 4:4, 1 John 3:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:15 - done Genesis 44:4 - Wherefore Judges 12:1 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 26:18 - what have I 2 Chronicles 24:22 - remembered Psalms 38:20 - because Proverbs 26:28 - lying Jeremiah 18:20 - evil Jeremiah 37:18 - General Mark 14:6 - a good Luke 13:32 - I cast John 7:19 - Why John 9:4 - must John 14:11 - or John 15:24 - If Acts 1:1 - of Acts 4:9 - the good

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth."
Genesis 9:19
From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.
Genesis 10:1
This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.
Genesis 10:20
These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
Genesis 10:25
Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means "division"), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 10:29
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
Genesis 10:31
These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
Acts 17:26
From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered them, many good works,.... Such as healing the sick, and all manner of diseases; dispossessing devils, cleansing lepers, giving sight to the blind, causing the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk; which were not only works of power, but of mercy and beneficence; and therefore are called good works, as well as they were great and miraculous ones:

have I showed you from my Father; which Christ did in the name, and by the command and authority of the Father; who gave him them to do, and did them by him; and which were evident and notorious, and were done so openly and publicly, that they could not be denied:

for which of these works do ye stone me? suggesting, that his public life had been a continued series of such kind actions to the sons of men, and it could be for nothing else surely, that they took up stones to stone him; wherefore the part they acted, was a most ungrateful, cruel, and barbarous one.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many good works - Many miracles of benevolence healing the sick, etc. His miracles were good works, as they tended to promote the happiness of men, and were proofs of his benevolence. He had performed no other works than those of benevolence; he knew that they could charge him with no other, and he confidently appealed to them as witnesses of that. Happy would it be if all, when they are opposed and persecuted, could appeal even to their persecutors in proof of their own innocence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. Many good works have I showed you — I have healed your sick, delivered those of you who were possessed from the power of demons; I have fed multitudes of your poor, and I have taught you in all places, at all times, without expense, with patience; and is this my reward?

To show good works or good things is a Hebraism, which signifies to do them really, to give good things liberally. The phrase is similar to the following: Who will SHOW us any good? Psalms 4:6; i.e. who shall give us good things. SHOW us thy mercy, Psalms 85:7; i.e. give us to feel the effects of thy mercy. Thou hast SHOWED thy people hard things, Psalms 60:3; i.e. thou hast treated them with rigour. Thou hast SHOWED me great and sore troubles, Psalms 71:20; i.e. thou hast exposed me to terrible hardships.


 
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