Ἰωάννην 6:30

Greek Modern Translation

Τοτε ειπον προς αυτον· Τι σημειον λοιπον καμνεις συ, δια να ιδωμεν και πιστευσωμεν εις σε; τι εργαζεσαι;

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
ειπον ουν αυτω τι ουν ποιεις συ σημειον ινα ιδωμεν και πιστευσωμεν σοι τι εργαζη

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ· Τί οὖν ποιεῖς σὺ σημεῖον, ἵνα ἴδωμεν καὶ πιστεύσωμέν σοι; τί ἐργάζῃ;

Tischendorf 8th Edition
εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ· τί οὖν ποιεῖς σὺ σημεῖον, ἵνα ἴδωμεν καὶ πιστεύσωμέν σοι; τί ἐργάζῃ;

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ειπον ουν αυτω τι ουν ποιεις συ σημειον ινα ιδωμεν και πιστευσωμεν σοι τι εργαζη

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ειπον ουν αυτω τι ουν ποιεις συ σημειον ινα ιδωμεν και πιστευσωμεν σοι τι εργαζη

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: John 2:18, John 4:8, Exodus 4:8, 1 Kings 13:3, 1 Kings 13:5, Isaiah 7:11-14, Matthew 12:38, Matthew 12:39, Matthew 16:1-4, Mark 8:11, Luke 11:29, Luke 11:30, Acts 4:30, 1 Corinthians 1:22, Hebrews 2:4

see: John 6:36, John 10:38, John 12:37, John 20:25-29, Isaiah 5:19, Mark 15:32

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:9 - Show Exodus 16:35 - forty years Luke 11:16 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They said therefore unto him,.... Seeing he proposed believing in him as the grand work of God to be done, and what is most acceptable in his sight:

what sign showest thou then, that we may see and believe thee? The people of the Jews were always requiring signs and wonders, and when they had one and another shown them, they still sought for more, and were never satisfied; see Matthew 12:39. These men had lately seen various signs and miracles of Christ, as healing the sick, and feeding live thousand of them, and more, with five loaves, and two fishes; and though, for the time present, these had some influence upon them, and they were ready to believe he was that prophet; yet now, at least some of them, begin to retract, and signify, that unless some other, and greater signs were shown, they should not believe in him as the Messiah:

what dost thou work? more than others, or Moses. They seem to make light of the miracle of the loaves, or at least require some greater sign and miracle, to engage their belief in him as the Messiah; and as they were lovers of their bellies, and expected dainties in the times of the Messiah, they seem to move for, and desire miracles of that kind to be wrought; and which sense the following words confirm.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What sign showest thou? - On the word sign, compare the notes at Isaiah 7:14. What miracle dost thou work to prove that thou art the Messiah? They had just seen the miracle of the loaves in the desert, which was sufficient to show that he was the Messiah, and it would seem from the preceding narrative that those who crossed the lake to see him supposed that he was the Christ. It seems wonderful that they should so soon ask for further evidence that he was sent from God; but it is not improbable that this question was put by other Jews, rulers of the synagogue, who happened to be present, and who had not witnessed his miracles. Those men were continually asking for signs and proofs that he was the Messiah. See Matthew 12:38-39; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:29. As Jesus claimed the right of teaching them, and as it was manifest that he would teach them differently from what they supposed Moses to teach, it was natural to ask him by what authority he claimed the right to be heard.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. What sign — τισημειον, What miracle; so the word is evidently used, John 2:11; John 2:23, and in many other places.

That we may see, and believe thee — That, having seen the miracle, we may believe thee to be the promised Messiah. They had already seen the miracle of the five loaves, and did not believe; and it was impossible for them to see any thing more descriptive of unlimited power and goodness. Even miracles themselves are lost on persons whose hearts are fixed on the perishing things of the world, and whose minds are filled with prejudice against the truth.