John 12:20-36
1599 Geneva Bible
20 ¶ Now there were certain Greeks among them that [a]came up to worship at the feast.
21 And they came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida in Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see that Jesus.
22 Philip came and told Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man must be glorified.
24 [b]Verily, verily I say unto you, Except the wheat corn fall into the ground and [c]die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25 (A)He that loveth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal.
26 (B)If any man serve me, let him follow me: for where I am, there shall my servant be: and if any man serve me, him will my father honor.
27 [d]Now is my soul troubled: and what shall I say? Father, save me from this [e]hour: but therefore came I unto this hour.
28 Father, [f]glorify thy Name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29 Then said the people that stood by, and heard, that it was a thunder: others said, An Angel spake to him.
30 [g]Jesus answered, and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 (C)And I, if I were [h]lift up from the earth, will draw [i]all men unto me.
33 Now this said he, signifying what death he should die.
34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the (D)Law, that that Christ bideth forever: and how sayest thou, that that Son of man must be lift up? Who is that Son of man?
35 [j]Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is (E)the light with you: walk while ye have that light, lest the darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have that light, believe in that light, that ye may be the [k]children of the light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.
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- John 12:20 After the solemn custom: the Greeks were first so called by the name of the country of Greece, where they dwelt: but afterward, all that were not of the Jew’s religion, but worshipped false gods, and were also called Heathens, were called by this name.
- John 12:24 The death of Christ is as it were a sowing, which seemeth to be a dying to the corn, but indeed is the cause of a far greater harvest: and such as is the condition of the head, so shall it be of the members.
- John 12:24 A wheat corn dieth when it is changed by virtue of the ground, and becometh a root of a fruitful blade.
- John 12:27 Whilst Christ went about to suffer all the punishment which is due to our sins, and whilst his divinity did not yet show his might and power so far as this satisfaction might thoroughly wrought, now when he is stricken with the great fear of the curse of God, he crieth out and prayeth , and desireth to be released: yet notwithstanding he preferreth the will and glory of his Father before all things, whose obedience the Father alloweth even from heaven.
- John 12:27 To wit, of death that is now at hand.
- John 12:28 So then the Father’s glory is Christ’s glory.
- John 12:30 Christ foretelleth to the deaf, the manner of his death, the overcoming of the devil and the world, and in conclusion his triumph.
- John 12:32 Christ used a word, which hath a double meaning: for it signifieth either to lift up, or to rid out of the way, for his meaning was to put them in mind of his death, but the Jews seem to take it another way.
- John 12:32 Chrysostom and Theophylact refer this word, All, to all nations: that is, not to the Jews only.
- John 12:35 Unmeasurable is the mercy of God, but an horrible judgment followed, if it be contemned.
- John 12:36 That is, partakers of light.
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