John 12:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

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  • Job 37:2-5 : 2 Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth. 3 He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding. 5 He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;
  • Acts 23:8-9 : 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these. 9 And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
  • Rev 14:2 : 2 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, like the sound of great waters, and the sound of loud thunder: and the voice which came to me was like the sound of players, playing on instruments of music.
  • Rev 18:1-2 : 1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory. 2 And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.
  • Rev 6:1 : 1 And I saw when the Lamb undid one of the stamps, and the voice of one of the four beasts came to my ears, saying as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.
  • Rev 8:5 : 5 And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
  • Exod 19:16 : 16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
  • Ezek 10:5 : 5 And the sound of the wings of the winged ones was clear even in the outer square, like the voice of the Ruler of all.

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  • John 12:30
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    30 Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

  • John 12:27-28
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    27 Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

    28 Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

  • Luke 9:34-36
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    34 And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

    35 And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

    36 And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

  • Mark 9:7
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    7 And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

  • Mark 15:35
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    35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

  • Matt 27:47
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    47 And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

  • Matt 17:5-6
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    5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

    6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

  • Luke 22:43
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    43 And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.

  • Acts 12:22
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    22 And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

  • Acts 22:9
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    9 And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

  • Matt 26:53
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    53 Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?

  • Acts 12:15
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    15 And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

  • John 11:42
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    42 I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • Acts 23:9
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    9 And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

  • Luke 9:19
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    19 And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

  • Matt 3:17
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    17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Mark 1:11
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    11 And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Acts 2:7
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    7 And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?

  • 2 Pet 1:18
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    18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • John 18:21
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    21 Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

  • Matt 16:14
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    14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

  • Luke 19:39
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    39 And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

  • Matt 28:3
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    3 His form was shining like the light, and his clothing was white as snow:

  • Heb 12:19
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    19 And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

  • Luke 9:43
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    43 And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

  • Acts 9:7
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    7 And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

  • John 9:37
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    37 Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.

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    49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.

  • Mark 9:4
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    4 And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

  • Luke 22:71
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    71 And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

  • John 1:51
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    51 And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

  • Acts 7:56
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    56 And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

  • John 12:49
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    49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

  • Matt 27:54
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    54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

  • Luke 9:30
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    30 And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;

  • John 12:17
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    17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

  • Mark 11:31
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    31 And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

  • Rev 11:12
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    12 And a great voice from heaven came to their ears, saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and were seen by those desiring their death.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • 2 Sam 22:14
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    14 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

  • John 17:1
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    12 And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?

  • Acts 1:10
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    10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

  • Matt 17:3
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    3 And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

  • Mark 8:28
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    28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.