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John 12:42
Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
Verse 42. _AMONG THE CHIEF RULERS - MANY BELIEVED ON HIM_] We only know the names of two of them, _Nicodemus_, and _Joseph_ of _Arimathea_. _BUT-THEY DID NOT CONFESS HIM_] Or _it_: they were as yet...
THE CHIEF RULERS - Members of the Sanhedrin - Nicodemus, Joseph, and others like them. BECAUSE OF THE PHARISEES - The Pharisees were a majority of the council. DID NOT CONFESS HIM - Did not openly av...
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. ...
FAILURE IN JUDÆ A. The many signs have failed to convince. The author explains this by the prediction in Isaiah 53:1, the arm of the Lord being interpreted of Messiah. And the ultimate cause is also d...
NEVERTHELESS AMONG THE CHIEF RULERS MANY BELIEVED ON HIM. These were members of the Sanhedrim. They had an intellectual faith, but it was not. power over their hearts. "With the heart man believes unt...
Nevertheless many of the rulers believed in him, but they did not publicly confess their faith for they did not wish to be excommunicated; for they loved the glory of men rather than the glory of God....
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
BE PUT OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE. become excom municate _(aposunagogoi)._ See note on John 9:22, and Compare John 16:1....
_Nevertheless_ In spite of the judicial blindness with which God had visited them many EVEN OF the Sanhedrin believed. We know of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. _because of the Pharisees_ The rec...
The Judgment of the Evangelist S. John here sums up the results of the ministry which has just come to a close. Their comparative poverty is such that he can explain it in no other way than as an ill...
ὍΜΩΣ ΜΈΝΤΟΙ. Here only in N.T. For μέντοι see on John 4:27. In spite of the judicial blindness with which God had visited them _many_ even of _the Sanhedrin believed on Him_. We know of Joseph of Arim...
THE JUDGMENT OF THE EVANGELIST S. John here sums up the results of the ministry which has just come to a close. Their comparative poverty is such that he can explain it in no other way than as an ill...
Ver 37. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 38. That the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our repo...
_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...
ΌΜΩΣ ΜΈΝΤΟΙ (G3676; G3305 несмотря ни на что, впрочем (RWP). ΏΜΟΛΌΓΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΟΛΟΓΈΩ (G3670) признавать. _Impf._ указывает на постоянное уклонение от дел веры (Westcott). ΆΠΟΣΥΝΆΓΟΙΓ...
DISCOURSE: 1676 THE DANGER OF LOVING THE PRAISE OF MEN John 12:42. _Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they sho...
A PERPETUAL PROPHECY _Text 12:37-43_ 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake,...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 12:37-50 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 12:— "These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them" (John 12:36)...
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: NEVERTHELESS AMONG THE CHIEF RULE...
37 What better proof could be found that they were walking in darkness than their rejection of the Man of Sorrows? The prophets plainly foretold their action and yet they are too much in the dark to s...
12:42 on (b-10) _ Eis_ . see ver. 11....
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...
CAUSE OF THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS. At first they could believe, but refused. By and by they became incapable of it. In this too common experience St. John sees the judgment of God: cp. Romans 9-11....
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...
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him. — This is strongly asserted in opposition to the spiritual blindness of the nation. There were, notwithstanding, many even in the Sanhedr...
V. _ RESULTS OF CHRIST'S MANIFESTATION._ "But though He had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on Him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord,...
Although unbelief was so commonly the result of Christ's manifestation, ὅμως μέντοι, _cf._ Herodot., i. 189, “nevertheless, however, even of the rulers many believed on Him, but on account of the Phar...
In the verses which follow, John 12:37-43, _John accounts for the unbelief of the Jews_. This fact that the very people who had been appointed to accept the Messiah had rejected Jesus needed explanati...
THE COMMANDMENT OF THE FATHER John 12:42-50 The fear of being cast out of the synagogue was a very real one, John 9:22; and the yoke laid on Israel by the Pharisees was a very crushing one. Only a ve...
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...
(10) Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue: (10) The ones who believe ar...
COWARDICE OF THE RULERS John 12:42-43. _“Moreover, indeed, many of the rulers believed on Him; but did not confess Him on account of the Pharisees, in order that they might not be put out of the synag...
I. THE CAUSES OF JEWISH UNBELIEF: JOHN 12:37-43. If the Jews are the chosen people, prepared of God to the end of receiving the Messiah and of carrying salvation to other nations, ought they not to ha...
THIRD SECTION: 12:37-50. RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT THE MYSTERIOUS FACT OF JEWISH UNBELIEF. This passage forms the close of the second part of the Gospel (John 12:1-36). The evangelist interrupts his nar...
“ _It is true, nevertheless, that, even among the rulers, many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess their faith, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;_ 43 _for th...
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? (35) Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a...
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...
Nevertheless, many even of the rulers believed on Him. The murmuring and fierceness of the Jews, in rejecting Christ, having risen to such a height of insolence, it might have been thought that all th...
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...
NEVERTHELESS AMONG THE CHIEF RULERS ALSO,.... These were the members of the Jewish sanhedrim, as Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and others: MANY BELIEVED ON HIM; that he was the Messiah, though they...
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess _him_, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: Ver. 42. _Lest they should be put...
_Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on him_ Though the greater part of those to whom Christ preached rejected him, his sermons were not wholly unsuccessful; for a number of the ch...
MANY BELIEVED ON HIM; were convinced that he was the Messiah. DID NOT CONFESS HIM; did not openly declare their belief. The regarding of the praise of men more than the praise of God, while it may con...
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...
37-43 Observe the method of conversion implied here. Sinners are brought to see the reality of Divine things, and to have some knowledge of them. To be converted, and truly turned from sin to Christ,...
OLBGrk; Though the Pharisees made up a great part of the sanhedrim, yet there were divers others also mixed with them, amongst which there were many of a better temper; and it may be arcontwn here may...
John 12:42 Nevertheless G3676 G3305 even G2532 among G1537 rulers G758 many G4183 believed G4100 (G5656) in...
‘Nevertheless many, even of the authorities, believed in (eis) him, but because they were afraid of the Pharisees they did not confess it in case they were put out of the synagogue, for they loved the...
John 12:42. NEVERTHELESS, EVEN FROM AMONG THE RULERS MANY BELIEVED IN HIM. The language which John has used is general: as a nation Israel has rejected Jesus. But His mission has not been without effe...
The public ministry of Jesus has been brought to a close, and the moment has been marked by words the melancholy pathos of which can hardly be mistaken, ‘Having gone away, He was hidden from then' (Jo...
NEVERTHELESS EVEN (ομως μεντο κα). For the old ομως see 1 Corinthians 14:7; Galatians 3:15 (only other examples in N.T.), here only with μεντο, "but yet," and κα, "even." In spite of what has just b...
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...
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...
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...
John 12:37. _But though he had done so many miracles before then, yet they believed not on him._ They had an opportunity of seeing with their eyes; what the Christ could do. He had even raised the de...
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...
MANY JEWISH AUTHORITIES BELIEVED IN JESUS. We know two of the Council who did: Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea. DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT OPENLY. Those who did would be expelled (John 9:22)...
_But though He had done so many miracles … yet they believed not on Him_ OUR LORD’S MINISTRY I. ITS DETAILS. 1. The doctrines He taught (John 12:44). These words are an abridged statement of our Lor...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:42 SYNAGOGUE. Synagogues usually had large rooms with bench seating along the wall. See note on Luke 4:16....
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...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:37. The Evangelist’s statement of the causes of Jewish unbelief, and of the timidity of many who believed, which prevented them confessing Christ. John 12:37...
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 John 4:15; 1 John 4:2; 1 Peter 4:12; Acts 5:41; Isaiah 51:7;...
Among the chief rulers [κ α ι ε κ τ ω ν α ρ χ ο ν τ ω ν]. Rev., more neatly and accurately, even of the rulers. Believed on Him [ε π ι σ τ ε υ σ α ν ε ι ς α υ τ ο ν]. See on 1 12. It is to be noted t...
Observe, 1. That though the generality of the Jews were thus hardened under Christ's ministry and miracles, yet there were some, and those of the chief rank, even rulers, that did believe on him; that...