Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
Then said Jesus, Except ye see signs and wonders х seemeia (G4592) kai (G2532) terata (G5059)]. The latter word expresses simply the miraculous character of an act; the former the attestation which it gave of a higher presence and a divine commission. (See the note at John 6:26.)
Ye will not believe. The poor man did believe, as both his coming and his urgent entreaty show. But how imperfect that faith was, we shall see, and our Lord would deepen it by such a blunt, and seemingly rough, answer as He made to Nicodemus (John 3:3).