John 12:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify about it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The people who were with him when he called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The multitude{G3793} therefore{G3767} that was{G5607} with{G3326} him{G846} when{G3753} he called{G5455} Lazarus{G2976} out of{G1537} the tomb,{G3419} and{G2532} raised{G1453} him{G846} from{G1537} the dead,{G3498} bare witness.{G3140}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The people{G3793} therefore{G3767} that was{G5607}{(G5752)} with{G3326} him{G846} when{G3753} he called{G5455}{(G5656)} Lazarus{G2976} out of{G1537} his grave{G3419}, and{G2532} raised{G1453}{(G5656)} him{G846} from{G1537} the dead{G3498}, bare record{G3140}{(G5707)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    The people that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave and raysed him from deeth bare recorde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The people that was with him whan he called Lazarus out of ye graue and raysed him from the deed, commended the acte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The people therefore that was with him, bare witnesse that hee called Lazarus out of the graue, and raised him from the dead.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The people that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of his graue, and raysed hym from death, bare recorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 145:6-7 : 6 They will speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will proclaim your greatness. 7 They will proclaim the memory of your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of your righteousness.
  • John 1:19 : 19 This is the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'
  • John 1:32 : 32 Then John testified, saying, 'I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.'
  • John 1:34 : 34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
  • John 5:35-39 : 35 John was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time, you were willing to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me. 37 The Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have never heard His voice or seen His form. 38 Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe the one He sent. 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; yet it is they that testify about me.
  • John 8:13-14 : 13 The Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not valid." 14 Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
  • John 11:31 : 31 The Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, saw how Mary quickly got up and went out. They followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to weep there.
  • John 11:42 : 42 'I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.'
  • John 11:45-46 : 45 Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus did believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
  • John 12:9 : 9 A large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. They came, not just because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  • John 15:26-27 : 26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
  • John 19:35 : 35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
  • John 21:24 : 24 This is the disciple who is testifying about these things and who wrote them down, and we know that his testimony is true.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from John's baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.
  • 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God which He has given about His Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
  • Rev 1:2 : 2 John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 18 This is why the crowd went to meet Him—because they heard that He had performed this sign.

  • John 12:9-12
    4 verses
    83%

    9 A large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. They came, not just because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

    10 So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,

    11 because many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus because of him.

    12 The next day, a large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

  • John 12:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 So Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was—the one who had died and whom He had raised from the dead.

    2 There they prepared a dinner for Him. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

  • 78%

    41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked upward and said, 'Father, I thank you that you have heard me.'

    42 'I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.'

    43 After saying this, he shouted in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!'

    44 The man who had died came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him and let him go.'

    45 Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus did believed in him.

  • 16 At first, His disciples did not understand these things. But when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.

  • 17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

  • 22 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

  • 74%

    30 But God raised Him from the dead.

    31 He appeared for many days to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.

  • 74%

    36 Then the Jews said, 'See how he loved him!'

    37 But some of them said, 'Couldn't he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?'

    38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

    39 'Take away the stone,' he said. But Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, 'Lord, by now there is a stench, because he has been dead for four days.'

  • 14 So Jesus told them plainly, 'Lazarus has died.'

  • John 11:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Now there was a man who was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, is the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

  • 72%

    11 After he said this, he told them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him up.'

    12 The disciples said to him, 'Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.'

  • 35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

  • 72%

    30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

    31 The Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, saw how Mary quickly got up and went out. They followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to weep there.

  • Luke 7:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Then He approached the coffin, touched it, and the bearers stopped. He said, 'Young man, I say to you, arise.'

    15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

  • 32 This Jesus God has raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

  • 9 For they still did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • John 11:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 When Jesus heard it, he said, 'This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

    5 Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.

  • 2 And he said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.'

  • 12 Then John's disciples came, took the body, buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • 23 Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.'

  • 2 A large crowd was following him because they were seeing the signs he was performing on those who were sick.

  • 57 Then some stood up and falsely testified against him, saying,

  • 34 'Where have you laid him?' he asked. 'Come and see, Lord,' they replied.

  • 11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a large crowd went with Him.

  • 12 So they asked him, 'Who is the man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?'

  • 41 not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

  • 37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.

  • 2 John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.

  • 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what 'rising from the dead' might mean.

  • 31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

  • 14 When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, 'This truly is the Prophet who is to come into the world.'

  • 29 When John's disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.