John 4:48

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John 4:48

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

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But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

Upon this the Jews asked Jesus: "What sign are you going to show us, since you act in this way?"

But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,

If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

"Is it because you have seen me that you have believed?" said Jesus. "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed!"

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

And Jesus replied: "I have had visions of Satan, fallen, like lightning from the heavens.

'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,' answered Abraham, 'they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.'"

Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--

While Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks study philosophy,