John 10:25

John 10:25 Meaning and Explanation

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.

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Jesus answers that he has already told them, and that the works he does in his Father's name testify of him.

What Does John 10:25 Mean?

Jesus declines the trap of a slogan and points to the record. He has spoken — to the woman at the well, to the man born blind, in these very courts — and beyond the words stand the works: water made wine, the lame walking, blind eyes opened, all done openly "in my Father's name."

Unbelief is rarely an evidence problem. The witnesses had been testifying for years; what was missing was not proof but willingness. The verse also shows where Jesus rests his claim — not on self-assertion but on works the Father gave him to do, deeds of mercy that speak a language argument cannot. The honest heart reads them still: such works bear witness to such a Son.

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Jesus answers that he has already told them, and that the works he does in his Father's name testify of him.

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