Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 12:26
Let him follow me — By hating his life: and where I am — In heaven. If any man serve me — Thus, him will the Father honour.
Let him follow me — By hating his life: and where I am — In heaven. If any man serve me — Thus, him will the Father honour.
Verse 26. _IF ANY MAN SERVE ME_] Christ is a _master_ in a twofold sense: 1. To _instruct_ men. 2. To _employ_ and _appoint_ them their work. He who wishes to _serve_ Christ must become: 1. His _di...
SERVE ME - Will be my disciple, or will be a Christian. Perhaps this was said to inform the Greeks John 12:20 of the nature of his religion. LET HIM FOLLOW ME - Let him imitate me; do what I do, bear...
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...
IF ANY MAN SERVE ME, LET HIM FOLLOW ME. This is Christ's direct answer to the Greeks. His service is to be rendered, not by secret interviews, but by obeying him, for so the word "follow." is to be u...
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)...
MY FATHER. Greek. the Father. App-98. HONOUR. Greek _timao,_ only used by John, here, John 5:23, and John 8:49....
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,...
_let him follow me_ in My life of self-sacrifice: Christ Himself has set the example of hating one's life in this world. These words are perhaps addressed through the disciples to the Greeks listening...
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...
ἘΜΟῚ�. In My life of self-sacrifice: Christ Himself has set the example of hating one’s life in this world. These words are perhaps addressed through the disciples to the Greeks listening close at han...
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...
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΉ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΔΙΆΚΟΝΈΩ (G1247) служить, ΆΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΊΤΩ _praes. act. imper. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΆΚΟΥΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G190) следовать, следовать в качестве ученика (TDNT). Имеется в виду, что челове...
DISCOURSE: 1672 THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING CHRIST John 12:26. _If any man sense me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour_. T...
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE, &C.— He told them further, that as he, their Master, was to_suffer_ before his exaltation, so must they, his disciples, expect the like; for which reason they were to expect p...
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...
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. IF ANY MAN SERVE ME, LET HIM FOLLOW ME; AND WHERE I AM, THER...
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...
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...
WHERE I AM] i.e. where I am soon to be, viz. in heaven....
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...
IF ANY MAN SERVE ME, LET HIM FOLLOW ME. — The close connection of John 12:23 make it certain that the spiritual law of sacrifice is there applied to the life of our Lord Himself. This verse makes it e...
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...
This law is applicable not to Jesus only, but to all: ἐὰν ἐμοὶ … ἀκολουθείτω. The badge of His servants is that they adopt His method and aim and truly follow Him. The result of following necessarily...
_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...
We must minister to Jesus by seeking not our own things, but the things of Christ; that is; we must follow him, we must walk in his footsteps, we must perform the corporal works of mercy, and every ot...
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...
VER. 26. “ _If any one serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be; if any one serves me, him will my Father honor._ ” _ To follow_, here: on the pathway of sacrifice,...
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...
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...
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...
_A LIFE OF SERVICE_ ‘If any man serve Me, let him follow Me.’ John 12:26 Here is the secret of true Christian service. In what must the Christian worker follow Christ? In His I. OBEDIENCE.—He came...
26._If any, man serve me_. That death may not be exceedingly bitter and disagreeable to us, Christ invites us by his example to submit to it cheerfully; and certainly we shall be ashamed to refuse the...
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...
IF ANY MAN SERVE, ME,.... Or is willing to be a servant of Christ, and to be esteemed as such; LET HIM FOLLOW ME; as in the exercise of the graces of love, humility, patience, self-denial, and resign...
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will _my_ Father honour. Ver. 26. _If any man serve me, let, &c._] Art thou not glad t...
_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...
LET HIM FOLLOW ME; in the way of suffering, as well as of obedience. WHERE I AM, THERE SHALL ALSO MY SERVANT BE; he must be with me first in suffering, and then he shall be with me also in glory. 2 T...
The hour of Christ's glorification:...
IF ANY MAN SERVE ME, LET HIM FOLLOW ME; AND WHERE I AM, THERE SHALL ALSO MY SERVANT BE. IF ANY MAN SERVE ME, HIM WILL MY FATHER HONOR. Jesus was deeply moved by the request of the Greeks to become acq...
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...
IF ANY MAN SERVE ME, LET HIM FOLLOW ME: this is much the same with that, MATTHEW 16:24, unless following here be more restrained to suffering, _let him follow me_ to my cross; for otherwise it seemeth...
Origen Commentary on John Book I "As I and Thou are one, that they also may be one in Us," and[128]...
John 12:26 If G1437 anyone G5100 serves G1247 (G5725) Me G1698 follow G190 (G5720) Me G1698 and...
‘He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me he must follow me, and where I am there will my servant be as well. If anyon...
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 12:26. IF ANY ONE SERVE ME, LET HIM FOLLOW ME. The words apply the law just spoken of as the law of nature and of man, and therefore also as the law of Jesus, to every individual. The ‘following'...
IF ANY MAN SERVE ME (εαν εμο τις διακονη). Condition of third class again (εαν with present active subjunctive of διακονεω, keep on serving with dative εμο).LET HIM FOLLOW ME (εμο ακολουθειτω). ...
John 12:26 The Ascension, our Glory and Joy I. All the mysteries of the "Word made flesh," have their special comfort for us, and so has the mystery of the Ascension. It were little for us, compared...
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...
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....
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 12:20. 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...
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...
WHOEVER WANTS TO SERVE ME. This is his direct answer to the Greeks. To _serve_ Jesus is to give yourself to him as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2), adopt his methods and goals, and_ follow him_ eve...
_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...
_Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die_ A CORN OF WHEAT The original word is not _sperma, _a seed, but _kokkos, _a berry, a fruit. It shows the extreme, even scientific, accuracy of ou...
_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...
_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 John 5:3; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:18;...
Serve [δ ι α κ ο ν η]. See on Matthew 20:26; Mark 9:35; 1 Peter 1:12. Me [ε μ ο ι]. Notice the emphatic recurrence of the pronoun in this verse. My Father. Rev., rightly, the Father. "Very much of the...
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...
That is, "If any man assumes the title, and enters into the sacred engagement of being Christ's servant, let his conversation correspond with his profession, and let him be willing to follow me in the...