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John 12:23
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
Verse 23. _THE HOUR IS COME, THAT THE SON OF MAN_, c.] The time is just at hand in which the Gospel shall be preached to all nations, the middle wall of partition broken down, and Jews and Gentiles un...
THE HOUR IS COME - The time is come. The word “hour” commonly means a definite part or a division of a day; but it also is used to denote a brief period, and a fixed, definite, determined time. It is...
CHAPTER 12 1. The Feast at Bethany. (John 12:1 .) 2. The Entrance into Jerusalem. (John 12:9 .) 3. The Inquiring Greeks and His Answer. (John 12:20 .) 4. His Final Words. ...
THE REQUEST OF THE GREEKS. This incident is chosen to illustrate the Lord's consciousness that only through death could the final success of His work be brought about. If it was invented to gain His a...
THE HOUR IS COME, THAT THE SON OF MAN SHOULD BE GLORIFIED. The answer of Christ may have been to Philip and Andrew, and the Greeks may have heard and understood it. The substance is that the time for...
Jesus answered them: "The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. This is the truth I tell you--unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains all by itself alone; b...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
THE SON OF MAN. App-98 and App-99....
The Judgment of Men Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the hierarchy, Christ's triumph and the Pharisees" discomfiture,...
_And Jesus answered_ Better, BUT _Jesus_ ANSWERETH. He anticipates the Apostles and addresses them before they introduce the Greeks. We are left in doubt as to the result of the Greeks" request. Nothi...
THE JUDGMENT OF MEN Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the priests, Christ’s triumph and the Pharisees’ discomfiture, t...
THE DESIRE OF THE GENTILES AND THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN...
Ὁ ΔῈ Ἰ. ἈΠΟΚΡΊΝΕΤΑΙ. He anticipates the Apostles and addresses them before they introduce the Greeks. We are left in doubt as to the result of the Greeks’ request. Nothing is said to them in particula...
Ver 20. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast. 21. The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would...
_SOME GREEKS WANTED TO SEE JESUS -- JOHN 12:20-43:_ Some Greeks had gone to Jerusalem to worship during Passover. They said to Philip, "Sir, we would see Jesus." Philip told Andrew and together they t...
ΈΛΉΛΥΘΕΝPERF. _ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John 12:9. _Perf._ подчеркивает прошлое действие и его текущие результаты, ΔΟΞΑΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass._, _см._ John 12:16....
DISCOURSE: 1671 OUR LORD’S VIEWS OF HIS OWN DEATH John 12:23. _Jesus answered them, saying. The hour is come, that the Son of Man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of...
AND JESUS ANSWERED THEM,— If we suppose that our Lord spoke these words as the Greeks were introduced to him, the following discourse will discover many a latent beauty. Our Lord might enlarge perhaps...
THE GREAT PARADOXDEATH FOR LIFE _Text 12:20-26_ 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: 21 these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galil...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 43 John 12:20-36 The following is a suggested Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The end of our Lord’s public ministry had almost been reach...
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. AND [OR, 'BUT de (G1161 )] JESUS ANSWERED THEM, SAYING, THE HOUR IS COME, THAT THE SON OF MAN SHOULD BE G...
7 While facing the terrible ordeal of death our Lord found no fellowship with His disciples in the sorrows before Him. Like Peter, they could not entertain such a thought. But it seems that Mary alone...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC MINISTRY 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3, which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36. is different. The supper was at t...
The humble request of these Greeks for an interview brings vividly before Christ's mind His approaching death, through which alone salvation can be offered to the Gentiles. SHOULD BE GLORIFIED] viz....
LAST PUBLIC DISCOURSE OF JESUS. THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN. The time is probably Wednesday afternoon, the place the Temple: cp. Matthew 21:23. Jesus resigns Himself to death, comforting Himself by contempl...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 12 MARY POURS EXPENSIVE *PERFUME OVER JESUS’ FEET 12:1-11 V1 Six (6) days before the *Passover, Jesus returned to Betha...
AND JESUS ANSWERED THEM, SAYING. — The words are rather the utterance of the thoughts of His own mind, which this visit of the Greeks suggests, than an answer. They are spoken to the Apostles, but the...
III. _ THE CORN OF WHEAT._ "Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: these therefore came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Si...
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς, “Jesus answers them,” _i.e._, the two disciples, but probably the Greeks had come with them and heard the words: Ἐλήλυθεν ἡ ὧρα ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. ἔρχεται...
_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
SACRIFICE A LAW OF LIFE John 12:20-29 These were genuine Greeks. The East came to the manger-bed; the West to the Cross. These men came to Philip probably because of his Greek name. The inarticulate...
The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows of...
THE GREEKS COME TO SEE JESUS John 12:20-36. _“And there were certain Greeks of those having come up that they may worship during the festival; then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galil...
SECOND SECTION: 12:1-36. THE LAST DAYS OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. This section includes three parts: 1. The supper of Jesus at Bethany: John 12:1 to John 11:2. His entry into Jerusalem: John 12:12 to...
III. THE LAST SCENE IN THE TEMPLE: JOHN 12:20-36. Of all the events which occurred between Palm-day and Thursday evening, the evening before the Passion, John mentions but one, which is omitted by th...
VER. 23. “ _Jesus answered them, The hour is come when the Son of man is to be glorified._ ” The Alexandrian authorities read the present: _answers._ The T. R., with 13 Mjj. and the ancient Vss., read...
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
23._The hour is come. _Many explain this as referring to the death of Christ, because by it the glory of Christ was manifested; so that, in their opinion, Christ now declares that the time of his deat...
His place (chapter 12) now is with the remnant, where His heart found rest the house of Bethany. We have, in this family, a sample of the true remnant of Israel, three different cases with regard to t...
AND JESUS ANSWERED THEM,.... Not directly and particularly; he did not in plain terms signify what was his will, whether these Greeks should be admitted or not; and yet expressed himself in such a man...
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Ver. 23. _That the Son of man should be glorified_] That is, crucified, but he looked through death, and sa...
_Jesus answered, saying_ This phraseology intimates the suitableness of the following discourse to this particular occasion; by attending to which, many of the beauties of it will be discovered. Our L...
THE HOUR IS COME; the request of the Gentiles to see him he regards as a sign that the hour is at hand for the conversion of the gentile nations to himself. But this must be through his approaching su...
A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us (Luke 19:1). These days He spent in ministering mai...
20-26 In attendance upon holy ordinances, particularly the gospel passover, the great desire of our souls should be to see Jesus; to see him as ours, to keep up communion with him, and derive grace f...
Christ replies, that the time was now come when he (who was the Son of God) SHOULD BE GLORIFIED; that is, by the Gentiles receiving of the gospel, according to the many prophecies of it in the Old Tes...
John 12:23 But G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) them G846 saying G3004 (G5723) hour G5610 come...
‘And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. With great emphasis (truly, truly) I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone...
Jesus has been doomed to death (John 11:53; John 11:57), and the hour is at hand when He shall be seized, and the sentence executed. But the malice of man cannot interfere with the purposes of God. In...
John 12:23. AND JESUS ANSWERETH THEM, SAYING; THE HOUR IS COME, THAT THE SON OF MAN SHOULD BE GLORIFIED. The glorification here spoken of must be that of chap. John 13:31-32, and John 17:1;...
THE HOUR IS COME (εληλυθεν η ωρα). The predestined hour, seen from the start (John 2:4), mentioned by John (John 7:30; John 8:20) as not yet come and later as known by Jesus as come ...
ANSWERED He does not receive these Gentiles. A Christ in the flesh, King of the Jews, could be no proper object of faith to the Gentiles, though the Jews should have believed on Him as such. For Gent...
John 12:20 , JOHN 12:23 I. "The hour is come." The culminating hour of His life, that hour which is to explain all that has happened, to reveal all that is unknown. "It behoved Him thus to suffer, and...
Our Lord had raised Lazarus from the dead, and this miracle had excited great attention in Jerusalem. In consequence of this, the people had led him in triumph through the streets, and everywhere ther...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead._ The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting to...
John 12:12. On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they beard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bl...
Our Lord raised Lazarus from the dead; and this miracle made a great sensation among the people. They came to meet Jesus, waving palm branches before him, and all Jerusalem was on a stir. John 12:19....
John 12:20. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would...
Our Lord had gained a sudden popularity through raising Lazarus from the dead, and the people had attended him with great enthusiasm as he rode through the streets of Jerusalem. For the time, things l...
CONTENTS: The supper at Bethany. The triumphal entry. Jesus' answer to Greeks. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Judas, Philip, Andrew, Isaiah, Pharisees. CONCLUSION: The most plen...
John 12:1. _Six days before the passover._ The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day. T...
JESUS ANSWERED THEM. He speaks to the two disciples, but likely the Greeks were there also and heard his answer. THE HOUR HAS NOW COME. When he is _lifted up,_ he will draw all men, Greeks, Gentiles,...
_The hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified._ THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DECLARATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT Why should this be such an hour of trouble and glory? How should the a...
_And there came certain Greeks;…the same came therefore to Philip … saying, Sir, we would see Jesus_ THE INCIDENT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE These Greeks belonged to those numerous Gentiles who, like the...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:20 These verses conclude the first major part of John’s Gospel, which narrates Jesus’ mission to the Jews. The arrival of some Greeks signals to Jesus that the mission exclusively...
1-50 CHAPTER 12 Ver. 1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover_, &c. He came from Ephraim, as the Passover was drawing on when He was to die. And He came to Bethany to prepare Himself for it; nay m...
_But Jesus answered them_, &c. Do not drive away the Gentiles from me, but bring them to me. What I said before was at the beginning of my preaching, which was intended for the Jews only; but now, whe...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:20. Certain Greeks coming with a desire to see Him gave our Lord an opportunity of pointing to His atoning work as the hope of salvation for all men, _i.e._ t...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospel. It...
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. They made him a supper; and Martha served [typical of Martha]: but Laz...
1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 49:5; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 53:10;...
Answered [α π ε κ ρ ι ν α τ ο]. The best texts read ajpokrinetai, answereth. The hour is come, that [ε λ η λ υ θ ε ν η ω ρ α ι ν α]. This is not equivalent to "the hour is come in which." The hour is...
THE HOUR IS COME John 12:20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in our opening verses that the Greeks who had come up to the feast desired to see Jesus. They told Philip, Philip told Andrew, and then Andrew...
The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified — With the Father and in the sight of every creature. But he must suffer first....
Observe here, 1. How our blessed Saviour entertains his followers with. discourse concerning his approaching death and sufferings: THE HOUR is coming that the Son of man shall be glorified. OBSERVE,...