Verse 30
"Therefore" ties this statement to what immediately precedes it. John wrote his Gospel because those who believe on Jesus without seeing Him in the flesh are acceptable to God. He wrote, therefore, that people may believe and so enjoy eternal life. There were many other evidences of Jesus’ deity that John could have presented. However, he chose those that he recorded here to lead his readers to the type of faith that Thomas just articulated and that Jesus just commended. That was John’s confessed strategy in composing this Gospel under the Holy Spirit’s inspiration.
What did John have in mind when he referred to other "signs?" Perhaps he meant the seven miracles that he featured, the significance of which Jesus usually explained in the context (chs. 2-12).
| A Summary of the Seven Signs in John |
| Sign | Significance | Belief | Unbelief | Reference |
| Changing water to wine | Jesus’ power over quality | The disciples | John 2:1-11 | |
| Healing the official’s son | Jesus’ power over space | The official and his household | John 4:46-54 | |
| Healing the paralytic | Jesus’ power over time | The paralytic? | The Jews | John 5:1-9 |
| Feeding the 5,000 | Jesus’ power over quantity | Some people in the crowd | John 6:1-15 | |
| Walking on the water | Jesus’ power over nature | The disciples | John 6:16-21 | |
| Healing a man born blind | Jesus’ power over misfortune | The blind man | The Pharisees | John 9:1-12 |
| Raising Lazarus | Jesus’ power over death | Martha, Mary, and many Jews | The Jewish authorities | John 11:1-16 |
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