From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
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From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
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Now tell I you before it come: that when it is come to passe ye might beleve that I am he.
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From henceforth tell I you before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue that I am he.
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Passages linked to John 13:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
- John 14:29 Now I have told you before it happens so that when it happens, you may believe.
- John 16:4 But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- Revelation 1:17-18 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last, and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Isaiah 48:5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them. My engraved image and my molten image has commanded them.’
- Matthew 24:25 “Behold, I have told you beforehand.
- John 8:23-24 He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
- Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Matthew 11:3 and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”
- John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
- Luke 21:13 It will turn out as a testimony for you.
- John 1:15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’ ”
- Isaiah 41:23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 19. I tell you this now, before it happen.…
19. I tell you this now, before it happen. By this statement he reminds his disciples that, when one of their number becomes a reprobate, this is so far from being a good reason for their being discouraged, that it ought to be a more full confirmation of their faith. For if we did not see before our eyes, in the Church, what has been foretold about her distresses and struggles, a doubt might justly arise in our minds, Where are the prophecies? But when the truth of Scripture agrees with our daily experience,17 then do we perceive more clearly, that God takes care of us, and that we are governed by his providence.
That you may believe that I am. By the phrase, that I am, he means that he is that Messiah who had been promised; not that the conduct of Judas, as a traitor, was the first event that led the disciples to the exercise of faith, but because their faith made greater progress, when they arrived at the experience of those things which they had formerly heard from the mouth of Christ. Now this may be explained in two ways; either that Christ says that they will believe after the event has happened, because there was nothing which was hidden from him, or that nothing will be wanting in him of all that the Scripture testifies concerning Christ. As the two interpretations agree well enough together, I leave my readers at liberty to choose which of them they will prefer.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 19 Now I tell you before it come, that,…
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Ver. 19. Ye may believe that I am he] And that ye may not stumble or stagger, though ye see Judas play the traitor, 2Ti 2:18-19. The apostasy of Hymenaeus and Philetus, a pair of eminent professors, was like to have shaken many; insomuch as the apostle was fain to make apology: "Nevertheless the foundation of God remaineth sure," &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain What I now tell you should be so far…
What I now tell you should be so far from prejudicing your faith in me, that it ought rather to confirm and increase your faith in me as the true Messias; when (the thing coming to pass) you shall understand that I know the hearts, counsels, and secret thoughts of men: and when you shall see the Scriptures have their accomplishment, and those things which were long ago prophesied concerning the Messias have their just accomplishment, and fulfilling in me as the person intended in those ancient revelations.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain Here another argument occurs, to prove the divinity of…
Here another argument occurs, to prove the divinity of our blessed Saviour, from his foreknowledge of Judas’s treason! the person who, the time when, and the place where, were all known to Christ; I tell you before it come to pass. The argument lies thus: "He that foresaw the future actions of men, and infallibly foreknew the future events and issues of things, is certainly God, but Christ did this, therefore he is really God." And he tells us here. That for this very reason he foretold now the treason of Judas: Now I tell you before, that when it come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. What he doth he mean? What he could foretell so many things to come, which did not depend upon necessary, but contingent causes only? This he was not a mere man surely, for he knows not what will be done on the morrow; but must be real God, becuase he knew all things, not by revelation, as the prophets knw things to come, but by immediate inspection, and simple intuition: so that we may say with Peter, Lord, thou knowest all things; and because thou knowest all things, thou art God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now I tell you before it come,.... That is,…
Now I tell you before it come,.... That is, gave them notice of this before hand, that one of them should betray him:
that when it is come to pass; and they had seen it fulfilled exactly to a tittle, and according to this Scripture:
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ye may believe that I am he: the Lord God omniscient, who knows and declares things before they come to pass, just as they do come to pass, which none but the eternal God can do; and that he was the Saviour and Redeemer, the Messiah spoken of and promised, the very person prophesied of, in Psalm 41. For that whole "psalm" is applicable to Jesus Christ, the true Messiah; in Psa 41:1, the happiness of such is declared, who "consider the poor"; the Messiah, in his low estate of humiliation, who became poor for the sake of his people; in Psa 41:5, his enemies are represented as wishing for his death; their hypocrisy, perfidy, and vile designs upon his life, are aptly described in Psa 41:6, which they executed by suborning false witnesses, bringing a wrong charge, , "a wicked accusation against him", Psa 41:8, which succeeded, to the taking away of his life; and then they are introduced as triumphing over him, lying dead in the grave, whom they believed would never rise more; but in this they were mistaken, for he was raised up again; for which he prays, Psa 41:10, that he might requite them, as he did, by destroying their city, temple, and nation; and the whole is concluded with thankfulness to God, for raising and exalting him, and setting him before his face for ever, Psa 41:11. There is but one passage in it, which has any difficulty in applying it to Christ, and that is, Psa 41:4, where he is spoken of as having sinned against the Lord; but the words may be rendered thus, "heal my soul", i.e. deliver me out of my sorrows and afflictions, , "because I have made an offering for sin unto thee"; and well agrees with Christ, who was to make, and has made his soul an offering for sin.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. That - ye may believe] These frequent…
Verse 19. That - ye may believe] These frequent predictions of his death, so circumstantial in themselves, had the most direct tendency to confirm the disciples, not only in the belief of his being the Messiah, but also in that of his omniscience.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Now I tell you before it come ... -…
Now I tell you before it come ... - They would see by that that he had a knowledge of the heart and the power of foretelling future events, and must therefore have been sent by God. This does not imply that they had no faith before this, but that their faith would be increased and strengthened by it.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I tell you before . . . that when…
I tell you before . . . that when it comes to pass, ye may believe--and it came to pass when they deeply needed such confirmation.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 19. Tell you… believe—The ruin wrought by the treason…
19. Tell you… believe—The ruin wrought by the treason of Judas might seem to the apostles a proof that the claims of Jesus were vain, and his Messiahship a fiction. But when it is the very event by Jesus foretold, it is a proof not a refutation of that Messiahship.
That I am he—That I am the Son of God, who have chosen, (Joh_13:18,) and sent you forth. And this, as we shall soon see, explains the connection, so much disputed, with the following verse.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. Now] Better, as the margin, From henceforth (comp.…
19. Now] Better, as the margin, From henceforth (comp. Joh_1:51, Joh_14:7; Rev_14:13). Hitherto Christ had been reserved about the presence of a traitor; to point him out would have been to make him desperate and deprive him of a chance of recovery. But every good influence has failed, even the Eucharist and the washing of his feet; and from this time onward Christ tells the other Apostles.
before it come] Add to pass, as in the next clause. Comp. Joh_14:29. The success of such treachery might have shaken their faith had it taken them unawares: by foretelling it He turns it into an aid to faith.
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may believe that I am he] See on Joh_8:24; Joh_8:28; Joh_8:58.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Now I tell you before it come.—The marginal…
(19) Now I tell you before it come.—The marginal rendering is to be preferred. (Comp. Joh_1:51; Joh_14:7.)
Ye may believe that I am he.—Comp. Note on Joh_8:24; Joh_14:29. The result of His henceforth declaring these things unto them before the events, will be that they will find confirmation of their faith in Him as the Messiah. Had He not then declared His knowledge of all, and traced even His choice of Judas to the will of God, there would have been room for doubt whether that choice was consistent with His being the Messiah.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I tell you from henceforth ap arti of Mat_26:64…
I tell you from henceforth ap arti of Mat_26:64 corresponds with Luk_22:69, apo tou nun ; the word also implies that our Lord would again recur to the subject. This is the true meaning of aparti in the New Testament (Joh_1:22 Joh_14:7 Mat_23:39) before it come to pass, that ye may believe when it is come to pass, that I am; i.e. I am what I have said, none the less, but all the more, the Son of God. (cf. Isa 43:11-13Jo Isa 8:24, Isa 8:28, Isa 8:58) It is more than the words will bear to make the egw eimi , the equivalent of a Divine claim to equality with Jehovah; but "all that I have said of myself, and all you have admitted to be true." It is not a promise of continual prevision of events, but a startling proof that in this case our Lord had completely fathomed the mind of Judas, and was communicative of what he saw there to the rest of the disciples, so that when the tragedy should be consummated, this peculiarity, instead of shaking their faith in him, will prove that he was taken by no surprise, and throughout his great career was what he said he was.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 19. I tell you before it come … to…
19. I tell you before it come … to pass. That he is about to be betrayed.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 I tell you this now before it happens
I tell you this now before it happens
"I am telling you now what is going to happen before it happens"
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you may believe that I AM
"you may believe that I am who I said I am" or "you may believe that I am the Messiah"
Truly, truly
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 13:19 Judas’s betrayal did not take Jesus unaware, and…
13:19 Judas’s betrayal did not take Jesus unaware, and it should not shock his disciples when it happens. • that I Am the Messiah: Literally that I am. By using the phrase “I am,” Jesus clearly equated himself with the God of the Old Testament. See Exod 3:14.
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