John 12:37

But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

But though he had done so many miracles [ seemeia (G4592 )] before them (which were all but so many glorious "signs" of a Divine Hand in the doing of them), yet they believed not on him:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: (9) Faith is not of nature, but of grace.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:11 ; John 11:42 ; John 15:24 ; Luke 16:31 ; Matthew 11:20
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Though he had done so many miracles before them — So that they could not but see them.

³⁷ But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

Related Commentaries of John 12:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 12:37