John 7 · Verse 21

John 7:21

Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
John 7:21, King James Version

John 7:21 in other translations

BSBJesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
WEBJesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
ASVJesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.
YLTJesus answered and said to them, ‘One work I did, and ye all wonder,
DARBYJesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all wonder.
BBEThis was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it.
WebsterJesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

What does John 7:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:21-24
21-24. I have done one work, &c.--Taking no notice of the popular appeal, as there were those there who knew well enough what He meant, He recalls His cure of the impotent man, and the murderous rage it had kindled (Joh 5:9, 16, 18). It may seem strange that He should refer to an event a year and a half old, as if but newly done. But their present attempt "to kill Him" brought up the past scene vividly, not only to Him, but without doubt to them, too, if indeed they had ever forgotten it; and by this fearless reference to it, exposing their hypocrisy and dark designs, He gave His position great moral strength.

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

Barnes' Notes
Verse 21. One work. The healing of the man on the Sabbath, John chapter 5.

Ye all marvel. You all wonder or are amazed, and particularly that it was done on the Sabbath. This was the particular ground of astonishment, that he should dare to do what they esteemed a violation of the Sabbath.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 I have done one work - That of curing the impotent man, already referred to. See Joh 5:9. And ye all marvel - or, ye all marvel because of this. Some have δια τουτο, in connection with θαυμαζετε, which the common pointing makes the beginning of the next verse, and which, in our common version, is translated therefore; but this word conveys no meaning at all, in the connection in which it is thus placed. Proof of this construction Kypke gives from Themistius, Strabo, and Aelian. All the eminent critics are on the side of this arrangement of the words.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:14-24

Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shall know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to errors which will be…

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John 7:21 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.

ἈπεκρίθηApekrithēAnsweredG611
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
καὶkaiandG2532
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846
ἓνhenOneG1520
ἔργονergonworkG2041
ἐποίησα,epoiēsaI did,G4160
καὶkaiandG2532
πάντεςpantesallG3956
θαυμάζετε.thaumazeteyou marvel.G2296

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

Cross references for John 7:21

  • John 5:2-11

    Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. …

  • John 7:23

    If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have.
5:9-11

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Context

  • John 7:20

    The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

  • John 7:21

    Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

  • John 7:22

    Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

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John 7:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jesús respondió, y díjoles: Una obra hice, y todos os maravilláis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jésus répondit et leur dit: J’ai fait une œuvre, et vous vous étonnez tous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Ein Werk habe ich getan, und ihr alle verwundert euch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Respondit Jesus et dixit eis: Unum opus feci, et omnes miramini: