John 4:48

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτόν, Ἐὰν μὴ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἴδητε, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε.

Transliteration

Eipen oun the Iēsous pros auton, if not sēmeia and terata idēte, not not pisteusēte.

Grammar Details

*Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said/spoke [completed action]
*oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then/so
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*auton*: accusative, masculine, singular - him
*sēmeia*: accusative, neuter, plural - signs
*terata*: accusative, neuter, plural - wonders/miracles
*idēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you see/perceive [in conditional clause]
*pisteusēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you believe [with double negative for emphasis]

Word Meanings

*Eipen*: said/spoke/told
*sēmeia*: signs/miraculous signs/evidence
*terata*: wonders/miracles/marvels
*idēte*: see/perceive/witness
*pisteusēte*: believe/trust/have faith

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Referenced Verses

John 20:29 : 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
1 Cor 1:22 : 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Dan 4:2 : 2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
John 2:18 : 18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
John 4:41-42 : 41 And many more believed because of his own word; 42 And said unto the woman , Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Acts 2:22 : 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:43 : 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
2 Cor 12:12 : 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
Rom 15:19 : 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Acts 14:3 : 3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 15:12 : 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Acts 2:19 : 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Num 14:11 : 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
2 Thess 2:9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Acts 4:30 : 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Acts 5:12 : 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people ;(and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
Acts 6:8 : 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Acts 7:36 : 36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
John 12:37 : 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Dan 6:27 : 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Matt 16:1 : 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Matt 27:42 : 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Mark 13:22 : 22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Luke 10:18 : 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luke 16:31 : 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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