John 7:31

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Summary

And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

Believed

When

Matthew 11:3

Bible References

Believed

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

When the people, therefore, saw the wonder-works that He performed, they began to say, "This is surely the prophet who was to come into the world."

Even while He was saying this, many believed in Him.

And yet in spite of all this, even among the leading men many came to believe in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not own it, for fear of being turned out of the synagogue,

And all the crowds of people were dumbfounded, and began to say, "He is by no means the Son of David, is He?"

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

So Simon himself came to believe too, and after he was baptized he continued to be devoted to Philip, and he was always thrilled at seeing such great signs and wonder-works continuously performed.

Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without good deeds is dead.

When

He came to Jesus one night and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that you have come from God, for no one can perform the wonder-works that you are doing, unless God is with him."

And a vast crowd continued to follow Him, for they pressed on to view the wonder-works which He performed for the sick people.

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a sinful man perform such wonder- works?" So there was a difference of opinion among them.

And many people came to Him and kept on saying, "John did not perform any wonder-works, but everything he ever said about this man was true."

"Are you the One who was to come, or should we keep on looking for a different one?"