Ἰωάννην 2:24

Greek Modern Translation

Αυτος δε ο Ιησους δεν ενεπιστευετο εις αυτους, διοτι εγνωριζε παντας,

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
αὐτὸς ⸀δὲ Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἐπίστευεν ⸀αὑτὸν αὐτοῖς διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν γινώσκειν πάντας

Tischendorf 8th Edition
αὐτὸς δὲ Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἐπίστευεν αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν γινώσκειν πάντας,

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
αυτος δε ο ιησους ουκ επιστευεν εαυτον αυτοις δια το αυτον γινωσκειν παντας

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
αυτος δε ιησους ουκ επιστευεν αυτον αυτοις δια το αυτον γινωσκειν παντας

Byzantine/Majority Text
αυτος δε ο ιησους ουκ επιστευεν εαυτον αυτοις δια το αυτον γινωσκειν παντας

Bible Verse Review
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did: John 6:15, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:17

because: John 1:42, John 1:46, John 1:47, John 5:42, John 6:64, John 16:30, John 21:17, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 9:4, Mark 2:8, Acts 1:24, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:21 - I know Joshua 22:22 - he knoweth Judges 3:1 - prove 1 Samuel 24:22 - David and Job 10:6 - General Job 11:11 - he knoweth Job 42:2 - no Psalms 139:2 - understandest Proverbs 15:11 - the hearts Proverbs 21:2 - the Lord Ezekiel 11:5 - for Matthew 12:25 - Jesus Matthew 16:8 - when Mark 8:17 - knew Mark 12:15 - knowing Mark 14:15 - he will Luke 20:23 - he John 4:16 - Go John 6:61 - General John 7:31 - believed John 16:19 - Jesus Acts 15:8 - which 2 Corinthians 11:11 - God 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God 1 John 3:20 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them,.... The sense according to some of the ancients is, that he did not commit the whole of the Gospel to them; he did not make known to them all his mind and will; this he only did to the twelve apostles, his special disciples and friends; nor was the time come, that he would make known, or have made known, the things concerning his person, office, obedience, sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead: but rather the meaning is, that he did not trust himself with these persons, who believed in him, on the basis of his miracles; he did not take them into the number of his associates; he did not admit them to intimacy with him; nor did he freely converse with them, or make any long stay among them; but soon withdrew himself from hence, and went into other parts of Judea, and into Galilee:

because he knew all men: good and bad: all openly profane sinners, and all their actions; not only their more public ones, but those that are done in the dark, and which are the most secretly devised, and levelled against the saints; and he so knew them, as to bring them into judgment: and all good men, true believers; he knows their persons, as they are his Father's choice, his gift of them to him, his own purchase, and as called by his grace; and so as to distinguish them at the last day, and give up the full account of every one of them to his Father: he knows the worst of them, the sin that dwells in them, their daily infirmities, their secret personal sins; their family sins, both of omission and commission; and their church sins, or which are committed in the house of God; and takes notice of them, so as to resent them, and chastise them for them; he knows the best of them, their graces, their faith, hope, love, patience, humility, self-denial, c he knows their good works, and all their weaknesses and their wants: and he knows all nominal professors, on what basis they take up their profession, and what trust they place in it; he can distinguish between grace and mere profession, and discern the secret lusts which such indulge, and the springs and progress of their apostasy: he knew all these men, that upon seeing his miracles, professed at this time to believe in him; he knew the hypocrisy and dissimulation of some of them; and he knew the notions they had of a temporal Messiah, and the temporal views they had in believing in him; and their design to set him up as a temporal prince, as some afterwards would have done: knew the flashy affections of others, who were like John's hearers, that were pleased for a while; he knew what sort of faith it was they believed in him with, that it would not hold long, nor they continue with him; for he knew not only all persons, but παντα, "all things", as some copies read here; see John 21:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Did not commit himself - The word translated “commit” here is the same which in John 2:23 is translated “believed.” It means to put “trust” or “confidence in.” Jesus did not put “trust” or “reliance” in them. He did not leave himself in their hands. He acted cautiously and prudently. The proper time for him to die had not come, and he secured his own safety. The reason why he did not commit himself to them is “that he knew all men.” He knew the “inconstancy” and “fickleness” of the multitude. He knew how easily they might be turned against him by the Jewish leaders, and how unsafe he would be if they should be moved to sedition and tumult.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 2:24. He knew all men] Instead of παντας all men, EGH, and about thirty others, read παντα, every man, or all things; and this I am inclined to believe is the true reading. Jesus knew all things; and why? Because he made all things, John 1:3, and because he was the all-wise God, John 1:1; and he knew all men, because he alone searches the heart, and tries the reins. He knows who are sincere, and who are hypocritical: he knows those in whom he can confide, and those to whom he can neither trust himself nor his gifts. Reader, he also knows thee: thy cares, fears, perplexities, temptations, afflictions, desires, and hopes; thy helps and hinderances; the progress thou hast made in the Divine life, or thy declension from it. If he know thee to be hypocritical or iniquitous, he looks upon thee with abhorrence: if he know thee to be of a meek and broken spirit, he looks on thee with pity, complacency, and delight. Take courage-thou canst say, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I do love thee, and mourn because I love and serve thee so little: then expect him to come in unto thee, and make his abode with thee: while thy eye and heart are simple, he will love thee, and thy whole soul shall be full of light. To him be glory and dominion for ever!