Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them — Not answering them directly, but exhorting them to improve what they had heard already. The light — I and my doctrine.
Then Jesus said to them — Not answering them directly, but exhorting them to improve what they had heard already. The light — I and my doctrine.
Verse 35. _YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT WITH YOU._] In answer to their objection, our Lord compares himself to a light, which was about to disappear for a short time, and afterwards to shine forth...
YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT WITH YOU - Jesus did not reply directly to their question. He saw that they were offended by the mention of his death, and he endeavored to arrive at the same thing ind...
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...
YET. LITTLE WHILE THE LIGHT IS WITH YOU. He refuses to answer their questions directly, but imparts to them needed truths. The light was then present with them. He was shining, teaching. Let them see...
Jesus said to them: "For a little while yet the light is among you. Walk while you have the light that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going....
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
UNTO. to. them: i.e. the people around Him. LIGHT. App-130. WITH. Greek. _meta,_ as in verses: John 12:8; John 12:17, but all the texts read _en,_ among. WHILE. All the texts read "as". LEST DARKNE...
_Then Jesus said_ Better, _Jesus_ THEREFORE _said:_instead of answering their contemptuous question He gives them a solemn warning. _while ye have_ The better reading is, AS _ye have:_-walk in a mann...
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 PERPLEXITY OF THE MULTITUDE...
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...
ΕἾΠΕΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΑΥ̓. Ὁ Ἰ. _Jesus_ THEREFORE _said to them_: instead of answering their contemptuous question He gives them a solemn warning. _Walk_ AS _ye have the light_ (ὡς not ἔως) means ‘walk in a man...
35, 36. ὩΣ for ἝΩΣ, and ἘΝ ὙΜΙ͂Ν for μεθ' ὑμῶν....
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...
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, бродить вокруг; фигур, жить или вести образ жизни. См. также M.Bampfylde, "More Light on John 12:34" JSNT 17 (1983): 87-89. ΚΑΤΑΛΆΒΗ _aor...
DISCOURSE: 1675 THE DUTY OF WALKING IN THE LIGHT John 12:35. _Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness know...
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...
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. THEN ('...
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...
12:35 overtake (a-25) The sense is 'overtake so as to seize upon,' as Mark 9:18 , 1 Thessalonians 5:4 ....
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...
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...
THEN JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT WITH YOU. — It is better, as we have often seen, to read _Therefore_ for “Then.” The word connects what follows closely with what has gone be...
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...
Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. In replying Jesus vouchsafes no direct solution of their difficulty. It is as if He said: Do not entangle yourselves in sophistries. Do not seek such logical proofs of Messiahship....
_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...
(8) Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. (8) U...
_Yet a little while, [2] that is, for a very few days, I, who am the light of the world, am with you. (Witham) --- How much do the Jews now do, and yet they know not what they do: but like men that ar...
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...
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...
“ _Jesus therefore said to them, The light is with you only a little while longer; walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; and he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he...
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...
35._Yet a little while the light is with you. _Though in this reply the Lord gently admonishes them, yet at the same time he reproves them sharply; for he charges them with shutting their eyes against...
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...
THEN JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,.... Not directly answering to their questions, but suggests to them their ignorance and stupidity, amidst so much light, that was about them: YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGH...
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. Ver. 35....
_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...
THE LIGHT; the Messiah, the source of all true spiritual knowledge. WALK; while you have the means of knowledge improve them, lest they be taken away. While men have opportunities to obtain spiritual...
WALKING IN THE LIGHT. John 12:34 The necessity of believing in the Light:...
THEN JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT WITH YOU. WALK WHILE YE HAVE THE LIGHT, LEST DARKNESS COME UPON YOU; FOR HE THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS KNOWETH NOT WHITHER HE GOETH....
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...
Our Saviour thinketh not fit further to open himself as to that point concerning the Messiah, and his Divine nature; into a direct assertion of which he must have entered, had he given a direct answer...
Pseudo-Cyprian On the Glory of Martyrdom Moreover, also, the Lord Himself says, "Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness lay hold upon you."[25]...
John 12:35 Then G3767 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 little G3398 while G5550 longer G2089 light...
‘Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light lest the darkness overtakes you, for he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going....
John 12:35. JESUS THEREFORE SAID UNTO THEM, YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT AMONG YOU. Not so much words of pity and tenderness in order to clear away the doubts of a sincere desire to learn, as words...
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...
YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT AMONG YOU (ετ μικρον χρονον το φως εν υμιν εστιν). Χρονον is the accusative of extent of time. Jesus does not argue the point of theology with the crowd who would not...
John 12:35 The True Light and the False The desire for light is one of the deepest natural instincts of man. The heathen man prayed that if he were to be smitten, he might be smitten in the light, an...
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...
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...
THE LIGHT WILL BE. This is their only answer. Use the opportunity you now have, before it is taken away from you....
_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 12:35 WALK WHILE YOU HAVE THE LIGHT. See John 9:4. ⇐
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...
_Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the Light with you_, &c. "Christ would not answer their objections directly, as knowing that they deserved not a reply" says S. Cyril. He therefo...
_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 1:6; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 2 Co