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New Life Version

John 4:41

Many more people believed because of what He said.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Converts;   Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Samaria;   Shechem;   Testimony;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Battle of Life;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Samaritans;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Samaria, Modern;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Wells and Springs;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samaria, samaritans;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Patience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   Shechem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hour;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   John, the Gospel of;   Marriage;   Samaria, Samaritans;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Mss;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Elect, Election ;   Enthusiasm;   Faith ;   Ideas (Leading);   John (the Apostle);   Living (2);   Philip the Evangelist;   Samaria ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Samaritans;   14 Word Words;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount samaria;   Samaria;   Samaritans;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shechem;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - John, Gospel of;   Word;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Many more believed because of what he said.
King James Version (1611)
And many moe beleeued, because of his owne word:
King James Version
And many more believed because of his own word;
English Standard Version
And many more believed because of his word.
New American Standard Bible
Many more believed because of His word;
New Century Version
And many more believed because of the things he said.
Amplified Bible
Many more believed in Him [with a deep, abiding trust] because of His word [His personal message to them];
Legacy Standard Bible
And many more believed because of His word;
Berean Standard Bible
And many more believed because of His message.
Contemporary English Version
Many more Samaritans put their faith in Jesus because of what they heard him say.
Complete Jewish Bible
and many more came to trust because of what he said.
Darby Translation
And more a great deal believed on account of his word;
Easy-to-Read Version
Many more people became believers because of the things he said.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And many moe beleeued because of his owne word.
George Lamsa Translation
And a great many believed in him because of his word;
Good News Translation
Many more believed because of his message,
Lexham English Bible
And many more believed because of his word,
Literal Translation
And many more believed through His Word.
American Standard Version
And many more believed because of his word;
Bible in Basic English
And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.
Hebrew Names Version
Many more believed because of his word.
International Standard Version
And many more believed because of his word.
Etheridge Translation
and many believed through his word.
Murdock Translation
And many believed on him, because of his discourse.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And many mo beleued, because of his owne worde,
English Revised Version
And many more believed because of his word;
World English Bible
Many more believed because of his word.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he abode there two days. And many more believed,
Weymouth's New Testament
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And many mo bileueden for his word,
Update Bible Version
And many more believed because of his word;
Webster's Bible Translation
And many more believed, because of his own word;
New English Translation
and because of his word many more believed.
New King James Version
And many more believed because of His own word.
New Living Translation
long enough for many more to hear his message and believe.
New Revised Standard
And many more believed because of his word.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, many more, believed by reason of his discourse;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And many more believed in him, because of his own word.
Revised Standard Version
And many more believed because of his word.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And many moo beleved because of his awne wordes
Young's Literal Translation
and many more did believe because of his word,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and many mo beleued because of his worde,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and many more believed, for having heard him speak himself: and said to the woman,
Simplified Cowboy Version
And because of this, many people were saved.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Many more believed because of His word;

Contextual Overview

27 Right then the followers came back and were surprised and wondered about finding Him talking with a woman. But no one said, "What do You want?" or, "Why are You talking with her?" 28 The woman left her water jar and went into the town. She said to the men, 29 "Come and see a Man Who told me everything I ever did! Can this be the Christ?" 30 They went out of town and came to Him. 31 During this time His followers were saying to Him, "Teacher, eat something." 32 He said, "I have food to eat that you do not know of." 33 The followers said to each other, "Has someone taken food to Him?" 34 Jesus said, "My food is to do what God wants Me to do and to finish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘It is four months yet until the time to gather grain'? Listen! I say to you, open your eyes and look at the fields. They are white now and waiting for the grain to be gathered in. 36 The one who gathers gets his pay. He gathers fruit that lasts forever. The one who plants and the one who gathers will have joy together.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

many: Genesis 49:10, Acts 1:8, Acts 8:12, Acts 8:25, Acts 15:3

because: John 6:63, John 7:46, Matthew 7:28, Matthew 7:29, Luke 4:32, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:5, Hebrews 4:13

Reciprocal: Luke 4:24 - No John 4:48 - Except John 10:42 - General Acts 8:6 - with one

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And many more believed,.... The Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions add, "on him": when he was come into the city, and had preached to the inhabitants in general, a larger multitude than before believed in him as the Messiah, and professed him, and became followers of him.

Because of his own word; which came to them, not in word only, but in power, and was the power of God unto salvation to them; and was received by them, not as the word of man, but as the word of God; and it wrought effectually in them, and was an hammer to break their rocky hearts in pieces, and to bring them into subjection to himself, his Gospel and ordinances: whether his word or doctrine was accompanied with miracles is not certain; this shows, that their faith in him was founded on his own word, which fell with great weight upon them. It seems to have an emphasis laid upon it, his own word, in distinction from the woman's saying.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, ... - There is seldom an instance of so remarkable success as this. From a single conversation, in circumstances, in a place, and with an individual little likely to be attended with such results, many sinners were converted; many believed on the testimony of the woman; many more came to hear, and believed because they heard him themselves. We should never despair of doing good in the most unpromising circumstances, and we should seize upon every opportunity to converse with sinners on the great subject of their souls’ salvation.


 
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