John 10 · Verse 37

John 10:37

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
John 10:37, King James Version

John 10:37 in other translations

BSBIf I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
WEBIf I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.
ASVIf I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
YLTif I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;
DARBYIf I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
BBEIf I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;
WebsterIf I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

What does John 10:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:37-39
37-39. though ye believe not me, believe the works--There was in Christ's words, independently of any miracles, a self-evidencing truth, majesty and grace, which those who had any spiritual susceptibility were unable to resist (Joh 7:46; 8:30). But, for those who wanted this, "the works" were a mighty help. When these failed, the case was desperate indeed. that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him--thus reiterating His claim to essential oneness with the Father, which He had only seemed to soften down, that He might calm their rage and get their ear again for a moment.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 37. The works of my Father. The very works that my Father does. See Jn 5:17: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." Jn 5:17. The works of his Father are those which God only can do. As Jesus did them, it shows that the name "Son of God," implying equality with God, was properly applied to him. This shows conclusively that he meant to be understood as claiming to be equal with God. So the Jews naturally understood him Jn 10:39 and they were left with this impression on their minds.

(k) "If I do not the works" Jn 14:10,11, 15:24

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 If I do not the works, etc. - I desire you to believe only on the evidence of my works: if I do not do such works as God only can perform, then believe me not.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:31-38

Christ's works of power and mercy proclaim him to be over all, God blessed for evermore, that all may know and believe He is in the Father, and the Father in Him. Whom the Father sends, he sanctifies. The holy God will reward, and therefore will employ, none but such as he makes holy. The Father was in the Son, so that by Divine power he wrought his miracles; the Son was so in the Father, that he knew the whole of…

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John 10:37 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

εἰeiIfG1487
οὐounotG3756
ποιῶpoiōI doG4160
τὰtatheG3588
ἔργαergaworksG2041
τοῦtouof theG3588
πατρόςpatrosFatherG3962
μου,mouof Mine,G3165
μὴmē[then] notG3361
πιστεύετέpisteuetedo believeG4100
μοι·moiMe;G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 10:37

  • John 15:24

    If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

  • John 10:25

    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.

  • John 10:32

    Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

  • John 5:31

    If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

  • Matthew 11:20-24

    Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. …

  • John 12:37-40

    But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

  • John 14:10

    Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25,32; 5:31; 12:37-40; 14:10; 15:24; Mt 11:20-24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 10:36

    Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

  • John 10:37

    If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

  • John 10:38

    But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

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John 10:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Si no hago obras de mi Padre, no me creáis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si je ne fais pas les œuvres de mon Père, ne me croyez pas;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ich nicht die Werke meines Vaters tue, so glaubet mir nicht;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si non facio opera Patris mei, nolite credere mihi.