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JOHN 12:40 evpw,rwsen {C}
The reading evph,rwsen (î66, 75 a K W P _al_) appeared to a majority
of the Committee to have arisen in an attempt to supply a somewhat
more suitable verb with...
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Verse 40. _AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM._] This verse is taken from Isaiah
6:9, and, perhaps, refers more to the judgments that should fall upon
them as a nation, which God was determined should not be aver...
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HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES - The expression in Isaiah is, “Go, make
the heart of this people fat, and shut their eyes.” That is, go and
proclaim truth to them truth that will result in blinding their...
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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. ...
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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...
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HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES, AND HARDENED THEIR HEART.
This explains why they could not believe. Whether they were morally
responsible for their unbelief depends on how God blinded their eyes
and harde...
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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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...
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HE HATH BLINDED, &c. Quoted from Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 6:10. See notes
there. This was the second occasion of this prophecy being quoted, the
first being in Matthew 18:14 (compare...
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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...
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_He hath blinded_ Not Christ, nor the devil, but God. The quotation is
free, following neither the Hebrew nor the LXX. very closely.
_I should heal_ -I" = Christ. God has hardened their hearts so that...
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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...
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_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...
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ΤΕΤΎΦΛΩΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΤΥΦΛΌΩ (G5186)
быть слепым. _Perf._ подчеркивает
длительное состояние,
ΈΠΏΡΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΩΡΌΩ (G4455)
становиться жестким. Относится к
образованию мозолей...
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THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE,— That is, by the just judgment of
God for their obstinate and wilful resistance to the truth, they were
so hardened, that the doctrine and miracles of our Lord could...
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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,...
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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)...
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He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they
should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and
be converted, and I should heal them.
HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES...
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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...
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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....
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HE HATH BLINDED, etc.] A very free quotation from Isaiah 6:10....
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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...
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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...
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HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES, AND HARDENED THEIR HEART.... — These
words are quoted three times in the New Testament. Our Lord, as we
have seen, quotes them as explaining His own teaching (Matthew 13:14...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_He hath blinded their eyes, &c. See Matthew xiii. 14. (Witham) ---
God blinded the Jews, not by filling them with malice, but by refusing
them his graces, of which they had made themselves unworthy,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“ _And indeed they could not believe, because Isaiah said again_, 40
_He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, that they should
not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and...
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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...
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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...
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40._He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart. _The passage
is taken from Isaiah 6:9, where the Lord forewarns the prophet, that
the labor which he spends in instructing will lead to no oth...
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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...
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HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES, AND HARDENED THEIR HEART,.... It is of no
great moment, whether the he, who is said to blind and harden, be God
or Christ, or whether the words be rendered, "it hath blinde...
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He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should
not see with _their_ eyes, nor understand with _their_ heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them.
Ver. 40. _He hath harden...
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_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...
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HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES; by presenting to them truths which they
would reject, their rejection bringing them into greater darkness. In
a similar sense it is said, that Jesus Christ came into the wo...
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HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HARDENED THEIR HEART, THAT THEY SHOULD
NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, NOR UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE
CONVERTED, AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM....
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The fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy:...
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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...
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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,...
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We have this text (than which there is not one more terrible in the
whole book of God) no less than six times quoted in the New Testament,
and in all places quoted and given as a reason for the Jews u...
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Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Twelfth
but their hearts hardened,[12]
Tertullian On Fasting
Through them, to wit, had "the heart of the People been made thick,
lest they should see with the eyes, a...
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John 12:40 blinded G5186 (G5758) their G846 eyes G3788 and G2532
hardened G4456 (G5758) their G846 hearts...
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‘Therefore they could not believe, for Isaiah again said, “He has
blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with
their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to he...
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John 12:39-40 . FOR THIS CAUSE THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE, BECAUSE ISAIAH
SAID AGAIN, HE HATH BLINDED THEIR EYES, AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART,
THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH TH...
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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...
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HE HATH BLINDED
(τετυφλωκεν). Perfect active indicative of τυφλοω, old
causative verb to make blind (from τυφλος, blind), in N.T. only
here, 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 2:11.HE HARDENED
(επωρωσεν)....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:37 John cites Isaiah 53:1 and Isaiah 6:10 to
indicate that Scripture predicted the Jewish rejection o
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 22:20; Acts 15:3; Acts 28:26; Acts 3:19; Deuteronomy 29:4;...
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He hath blinded, etc. These words of Isaiah are repeated five times in
the New Testament as the description of the Jewish people in its
latest stage of decay. Matthew 13:13; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10;...
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Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26....