John 4:48
New International Version
“Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

New Living Translation
Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”

English Standard Version
So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”

Berean Standard Bible
Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

King James Bible
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”

New American Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.”

NASB 1995
So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.”

NASB 1977
Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

Amplified Bible
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you [people] see [miraculous] signs and wonders, you [simply] will not believe.”

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."”

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to him, “If you will not see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told the official, "You won't have faith unless you see miracles and wonders!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not.

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus told the official, "If people don't see miracles and amazing things, they won't believe."

Good News Translation
Jesus said to him, "None of you will ever believe unless you see miracles and wonders."

International Standard Version
Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

Literal Standard Version
Jesus then said to him, “If you may not see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

Majority Standard Bible
Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

New American Bible
Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

NET Bible
So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!"

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”

New Heart English Bible
Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Weymouth New Testament
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."

World English Bible
Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus then said unto him, 'If signs and wonders ye may not see, ye will not believe.'

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Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Heals the Official's Son
47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. 48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” 49“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”…

Cross References
Daniel 4:2
I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

Daniel 6:27
He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions."

Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

John 4:49
"Sir," the official said, "come down before my child dies."

Acts 2:19
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.


Treasury of Scripture

Then said Jesus to him, Except you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.

Except.

John 4:41,42
And many more believed because of his own word; …

John 2:18
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

John 12:37
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

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John 4
1. Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria, and reveals his identity to her.
27. His disciples marvel.
31. He declares to them his zeal for God's glory.
39. Many Samaritans believe on him.
43. He departs into Galilee, and heals the ruler's son that lay sick at Capernaum.














(48) Signs and wonders.--See Note on John 2:11. The words are here addressed to Jews, for there is no reason to think that the nobleman himself was not one. They are spoken to him, but the ye extends them to others standing near and to the class of persons whom he represents. It had been so with the Jews in Jerusalem (John 2:18; John 2:23), and it was so with the Jews in Galilee. (Comp. 1Corinthians 1:22.) How different from this faith, which demanded a miracle, and therefore was not faith, but sight, was the acceptance by the Samaritans without a miracle, who believed for the woman's word, and more fully when they heard the word of Christ Himself.

Ye will not believe.--The negative is in its strongest form, Ye will by no means believe.

Verse 48. - Then said Jesus to him - as representing the whole class whose faith rested upon, and was nourished, by, the outward sign, with a certain amount of reproof if not of irony in the strength of his phrase - Except ye see (there is no special emphasis laid on the ἴδητε, as distinct from the mere report or testimony of such things) signs and wonders, ye will by no means believe. This is the only occasion in John's Gospel where these two terms are conjoined. They are frequently brought together in Acts (Acts 2:22, 43; Acts 4:30; Acts 5:12, etc.), and used in conjunction in Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22; Romans 15:19; 2 Corinthians 12:12. John ordinarily uses (ἔργα) "works" to denote those objective tangible facts which were "signs" (σημεῖα) of the Lord's higher nature and claims. Here τέρατα, a word meaning "portents," remarkable, inexplicable events out of the common order, accompanies "signs," to complete the notion. The craving for "signs and wonders" did absorb the higher life of Judaism. "The Jews require a sign" (1 Corinthians 1:22), and minds that are yet in the Jewish stage of partial discipline, for spiritual revelation, still do the same. There is still in many of us the weak faith which needs the stimulating diet of the "sign" before there is any full recognition of the Divine fulness of blessing. Christ does not condemn, though he mourns over, this spiritual babyhood; and while he says (John 10:38; John 14:11; John 15:24) that belief for the works' sake may lead up to true faith, yet the language addressed to Thomas, "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed," reveals his deepest thought of their comparative worth. The demand for "signs and wonders" in Galilee contrasts with the ready reception which the Samaritans had given to his word. Many of the difficulties of these narratives arise from the obvious fact that they are so closely compressed. Weiss has a hard task to make what he calls this "harsh answer" tally with Matthew's account of the reception of the centurion, and of the "great faith" which in his case preceded the miracle. A single sentence in the urgent request of the nobleman, implying that at Capernaum they needed the same kind of proof that had been given at Jerusalem of the Lord's prophetic claims, would account for all the emphasis laid upon the inperfect faith of the Galilaeans. He who "knew what was in man" knew in what way to rouse in this suppliant an adequate recognition of the Divine in himself.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

said
Εἶπεν (Eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

him,
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Unless
Ἐὰν (Ean)
Conjunction
Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

you people see
ἴδητε (idēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

signs
σημεῖα (sēmeia)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4592: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of semaino; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

wonders,
τέρατα (terata)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5059: A wonder, portent, marvel. Of uncertain affinity; a prodigy or omen.

you will never believe.”
πιστεύσητε (pisteusēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.


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