John 7:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

John 7:10-11 : 10 But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret. 11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

John 7:26-27
2 verses
81%
26And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
27Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
John 7:11-13
3 verses
78%
11The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some {G3303} said, He is a good man; others {G1161} said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
13Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
John 18:7
77%
7Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
John 7:43-46
4 verses
76%
43So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why {G5101} did ye not bring him?
46The officers answered, Never man so spake.
John 7:19-20
2 verses
76%
19Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
20The multitude answered, {G2532} {G2036} Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
John 7:40-41
2 verses
75%
40[ Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
John 7:30-32
3 verses
74%
30They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
32The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
Acts 13:27-28
2 verses
74%
27For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every {G2596} sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].
28And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.
John 7:24
74%
24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Acts 7:52
73%
52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
Luke 22:2
73%
2And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
John 7:1
73%
1And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
John 11:56-57
2 verses
73%
56They sought therefore for Jesus, and spake one with another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye? That he will not come to the feast?
57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.
Acts 7:1
73%
1And the high priest said, Are {G687} these things so?
John 7:35-36
2 verses
73%
35The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot {G1410} come?
John 18:4-5
2 verses
72%
4Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye?
5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. And Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
John 18:34
72%
34Jesus answered, {G846} Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee concerning me?
Mark 1:37
72%
37and they found him, and say unto him, All are seeking thee.
Matt 26:4-5
2 verses
72%
4and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.
5But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
John 7:51
71%
51Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
Matt 16:14
71%
14And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
John 8:20
71%
20These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.
Matt 26:66
71%
66what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
John 11:37
71%
37But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?
Luke 20:7
71%
7And they answered, that they {G1492} knew not whence [it was].
John 11:47
71%
47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.
Matt 26:55
71%
55In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not.
Luke 7:20
71%
20And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
Matt 21:46
70%
46And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.
Matt 15:1
70%
1Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
Luke 7:18
70%
18And the disciples of John told him of all these things.
John 10:24
70%
24The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
Acts 5:27
70%
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Mark 14:55
70%
55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.
Matt 27:47
70%
47And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.