Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 12:37
Though he had done so many miracles before them — So that they could not but see them.
Though he had done so many miracles before them — So that they could not but see them.
Verse 37. _YET THEY BELIEVED NOT ON HIM_] Though the miracles were wrought for this very purpose, that they might believe in Christ, and escape the coming wrath, and every evidence given that Jesus wa...
SO MANY MIRACLES - This does not refer to any miracles performed on this occasion, but to all his miracles performed in view of the nation, in healing the sick, opening the eyes of the blind, raising...
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...
THE CAUSE OF UNBELIEF (JOHN 12:37-50) If that view is correct which assigns the last discourse to the temple on Monday it belongs to Christ's farewell words to Israel. From thenceforth he entered the...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them. Although he had done such great signs in their presence they did not believe in him. It happened thus that the word which Isai...
BEFORE. in the presence of. Compare Thess. John 1:3; John 2:19....
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...
_so many miracles_ The Jews admitted His miracles, John 7:31; John 11:47. They are assumed by S. John as notorious, although he himself records only seven of them. Comp. John 2:23;...
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...
ΤΟΣΑΥ͂ΤΑ. _So many_, not ‘so great’ (John 6:9; John 21:11). The Jews admitted His miracles (John 7:31; John 11:47). S. John assumes them as notorious, though he record
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...
ΤΟΣΑΎΤΑ _pl. n. от_ ΤΟΣΟΎΤΟΣ (G5118) столький. ΠΕΠΟΙΗΚΌΤΟΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать; _gen. abs. Perf._ указывает на постоянный характер (Morris), ΈΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ (G1715) с _gen._ перед,...
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)...
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: BUT THOUGH HE HAD DONE SO MANY MIRACLES [ seemeia (G4592 )] BEFORE THEM (WHICH WERE ALL BUT SO MANY GLORIOUS "SIG...
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...
12:37 on (b-14) _ Eis_ . see ver. 11....
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....
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...
BUT THOUGH HE HAD DONE SO MANY MIRACLES BEFORE THEM. — The words “before them” mean “in their presence,” “before their eyes.” They refer to the multitude (John 12:34). St. John’s narrative implies, th...
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,...
Τοσαῦτα … αὐτόν. The difficulty to be solved is first stated. “Although He had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe on Him.” A larger number of miracles is implied than is narrated...
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...
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...
(9) But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: (9) Faith is not of nature, but of grace....
JUDICIAL BLINDNESS OF THE JEWS John 12:37-41. _“He, having performed so many miracles in their presence, they did not believe on Him, in order that the word of Isaiah the prophet may be fulfilled, whi...
“ _Now, although he had done so many miracles in their presence, they did not believe on him_, 38 _that the word which Isaiah the prophet had spoken might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our prea...
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...
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...
37._And though he had done so many signs. _That no man may be disturbed or perplexed at seeing that Christ was despised by the Jews, the Evangelist removes this offense, by showing that he was support...
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...
BUT THOUGH HE HAD DONE SO MANY MIRACLES BEFORE THEM,.... Openly, and in the presence of them; meaning those miracles which were done at Jerusalem, as those which brought Nicodemus to him, and to an ac...
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: Ver. 37. _But though he had done, &c._] The evangelist being now by course of the history to pass on to the descript...
_Though he had done so many miracles before them_ So that they could not but see them; _yet they believed not on him_ That is, in general they did not; being hardened in their infidelity. _That the sa...
The fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy:...
BUT THOUGH HE HAD DONE SO MANY MIRACLES BEFORE THEM, YET THEY BELIEVED NOT ON HIM,...
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,...
The miracles of Christ did not work faith in any, yet they had a tendency both to prepare souls for an assent to the proposition of the gospel, and also for receiving Christ as the true Messiah and Sa...
John 12:37 But G1161 He G846 done G4160 (G5761) many G5118 signs G4592 before G1715 them G846 not...
‘Though he had done so many signs before them still they did not believe in him. This was in order that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, “Lord, who has believed our report, an...
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...
John 12:37. BUT THOUGH HE HAD DONE SO MANY SIGNS BEFORE THEM, THEY BELIEVED NOT IN HIM. The words of chap. John 1:10-11 seem to echo in our cars, ‘He was in the world, and the world came into being th...
THOUGH HE HAD DONE SO MANY SIGNS BEFORE THEM (τοσαυτα αυτου σημεια πεποιηκοτος εμπροσθεν αυτων). Genitive absolute with perfect active participle in concessive sense of ποιεω.YET THEY BELIEVED NOT...
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 12:37. _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...
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 12:20. 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 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...
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...
THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM. Mighty works do not produce faith in one whose heart is wicked and bitter....
_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 12:37 John cites Isaiah 53:1 and Isaiah 6:10 to indicate that Scripture predicted the Jewish rejection o
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...
_But though He had done so many_ (_τοσαυ̃τα_, _so great_) _miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him._ S. Chrysostom and Euthymius think that He wrought many miracles at this special time to...
_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...
John 1:11; John 11:42; John 15:24; Luke 16:31; Matthew 11:20...
The place which our Evangelist alludes to, is, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY. Isaiah 6:3 From whence,. clear argument for Christ's divinity may be thus d...