Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 12:34
How sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? — How can these things be reconciled? Very easily. He first dies, and then abideth for ever. Who is this Son of man? — Is he the Christ? Psalms 110:4.
How sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? — How can these things be reconciled? Very easily. He first dies, and then abideth for ever. Who is this Son of man? — Is he the Christ? Psalms 110:4.
Verse 34. _WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW_] That is, out of the sacred writings. The words here are quoted from Psalms 110:4; but the Jews called every part of the sacred writings by the name, _The_ _L...
WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW - Out of the Old Testament; or rather we have been so taught by those who have interpreted the law to us. THAT CHRIST - That the Messiah. ABIDETH FOR EVER - Will remain f...
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...
WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW THAT CHRIST ABIDETH FOREVER. The multitude were perplexed. They had cried, "Hosanna to the King of Israel who cometh in the name of the Lord." They believed Christ to be...
"Now, my soul is troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, rescue me from this hour.' But it was for this reason that I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name." A voice came from heaven: "I have...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
WE HAVE HEARD. we heard. The Greek tense (aorist, refers to. definite time, and may refer to. portion of the law (compare note on John 10:34) read on the Great Sabbath, two days previously. The quotat...
The Perplexity of the Multitude 34. _The people answered The_ MULTITUDE THEREFORE _answered_. _out of the law_ In its widest sense, including the Psalms and the Prophets. Comp. Psalms 89:29; Psalms 8...
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,...
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...
ἘΚ Τ. ΝΌΜΟΥ. In its widest sense, including the Psalms and the Prophets, as in John 10:34; John 15:25. Comp. Psalms 89:29; Psalms 89:36;...
THE PERPLEXITY OF THE MULTITUDE...
Ver 34. The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abides for ever: and how say you, 'The Son of man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of man?" 35. Then Jesus said to them, "Y...
_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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΉΚΟΎΣΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. _Aor._ является обобщ., описывающим, как они слушали в течение долгого периода,...
THE PEOPLE ANSWERED HIM,— The people, on hearing Jesus affirm that he was to be lifted up, told him, that was inconsistent with the character of the Messiah, who, according to the _law,_ (so they name...
THE MAGNETIC CROSS _Text 12:27-36_ 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. There c...
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...
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? THE PEOPLE [`THE MULTITUDE' ochlos...
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 people understand Christ's allusion to His death, and find this difficult to reconcile with 'the Law,' i.e. the OT. (see John 10:34), which teaches that the reign of the Messiah will be eternal (P...
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...
WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW THAT CHRIST ABIDETH FOR EVER...... — The term “law” refers to the whole of the Old Testament Scripture, as we have seen in John 10:34. (Comp. Note there.) They may have re...
IV. _ THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE OF THE CROSS._ "Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify Thy name. There came...
The crowd apparently understood the allusion to His death, for they objected: Ἡμεῖς ἠκούσαμεν … ἀνθρώπου; “we have heard out of the law,” _i.e._, out of Scripture (_cf._ John 10:34; John 15:25, and Sc...
_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
BELIEF MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE John 12:30-41 The question of the Greeks led our Lord's thoughts to His death. He saw, too, the baptism of suffering through which His followers must pass. From all this...
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...
_How sayest thou the Son of man must be lifted up? By these words of the people, Christ, in this discourse must have called himself the Son of man, though it is not here mentioned by the evangelist. T...
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. 34. “ _The multitude answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ abides for ever; how sayest thou then, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?_ ” John 12:34. “How...
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...
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...
34._We have heard from the law. _Their intention undoubtedly was, to carp malignantly at the words of Christ; and therefore their malice blinds them, so that they perceive nothing amidst the clearest...
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...
THE PEOPLE ANSWERED HIM,.... Not the Greeks, but the Jews, and these not such as were friends to Christ, but cavillers at him: WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW; not the five books of Moses, but the Proph...
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Ver. 34. _We have heard out of the l...
_The people answered_ Understanding the phrase as implying some violent death shortly to come upon him; _We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever_ On hearing Jesus affirm that he was...
HEARD OUT OF THE LAW; learned from the Old Testament. Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44; DANIEL 7:14....
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?...
WALKING IN THE LIGHT. John 12:34 The necessity of believing in the Light:...
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...
34-36 The people drew false notions from the Scriptures, because they overlooked the prophecies that spoke of Christ's sufferings and death. Our Lord warned them that the light would not long continu...
Here again THE LAW is taken in a larger sense than in some places, where it is only significant of the books of Moses, in opposition to the prophets and other holy writings, as we had it before, 1 THE...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V ,"[375] A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer And again, this also was the speech of the Jews, in contradiction against Him, when He taught them of Himse...
John 12:34 people G3793 answered G611 (G5662) Him G846 We G2249 heard G191 (G5656) from G1537 law...
THE RESPONSE OF THE CROWDS (JOHN 12:34). ‘The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up. Who is this Son...
John 12:34. THE MULTITUDE THEREFORE ANSWERED HIM, WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW THAT THE CHRIST ABIDETH FOR EVER: AND HOW SAYEST THOU, THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED ON HIGH? The ‘multitude,' who are Je...
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...
OUT OF THE LAW (εκ του νομου). That is, "out of the Scriptures" (John 10:34; John 15:25).THE CHRIST ABIDETH FOREVER (ο Χριστος μενε εις τον αιωνα). Timeless present active indicative of μενω, to a...
John 12:34 What is the force of this name, as applied to Himself, by our Lord? I. We have in it, Christ putting out His hand to draw us to Himself, identifying Himself with us. II. We have, just as...
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...
THAT THE MESSIAH WILL LIVE FOREVER. They do not see how his death will fit _in_ with their idea of an _eternal king._ WHO IS THIS SON OF MAN? They begin to think that perhaps "Son of Man" is not the s...
_We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever._ MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND EXPLANATIONS I. MISUNDERSTANDINGS (John 12:34). They considered perhaps that Ps Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 7:13 referred to C...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:34 This is the final of several misunderstandings of Jesus’ role as Messiah in this Gospel (compare John 7:27, John 7:31
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...
_The people answered Him, We have heard out of the Law, that Christ abideth ever, and how sayest Thou, the Son of Man must be lifted up?_ The Jews understood that Christ spake of His death on the Cros...
_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...
2 Samuel 7:13; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:27; Ezekiel 37:24;...
The law. See on 10 34. 35 With you [μ ε θ υ μ ω ν]. The best texts read panta, among you. While ye have [ε ω ς]. The best texts read wJv, as : walk in conformity with the fact that you have the Ligh...
Observe here, 1. The objection which the Jews make against our Saviour's being the true Messias. Their argument runs thus: " It was foretold under the law, that Christ or the Messias abideth for ever;...