42And many believed on him there.
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And many more believed because of his own word;
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
As he spake these words, many believed on him.
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?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-42)We have here the issue of the conference with the Jews. One would have thought it would have convinced and melted them, but their hearts were hardened. Here we are told, I. How they attacked him by force. Therefore they sought again to take him , John 10:39. Therefore, 1. Because he had fully answered their charge of blasphemy, and wiped off that imputation, so that they could not for shame go on…
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