The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
John 12:33
But this He said, &c. The death of the Cross. These are the words of S. John inserted parenthetically.
But this He said, &c. The death of the Cross. These are the words of S. John inserted parenthetically.
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...
SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. And the great events that followed it as. regular sequence....
"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)...
WHAT DEATH. what kind of death. SHOULD DIE. was about to die....
_what death_ Literally, by _what_ MANNER OF _death:_comp. John 10:32; John 18:32; John 21:9. _should die_ The word translated -should" is the same as that used of the traitor,...
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...
THE DESIRE OF THE GENTILES AND THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN...
ΠΟἹΩΙ Θ. _By what_ MANNER OF _death_ (John 10:32; John 18:32; John 21:9). For ἬΜΕΛΛΕΝ see on John 6:71....
27. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause came I to this hour. 28. Father, glorify your name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I...
_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...
ΣΗΜΑΊΝΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΗΜΑΊΝΩ (G4591) означать, указывать. Может рассматриваться теперь как термин, относящийся к пророчеству оракула (TDNT). _Сопутств. part._ объясняет, что Он говорит, ΉΜ...
NOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF THIS WORLD:— The subject of our Lord's address to the Father, and the answer which he received, naturally led him to meditate on the happy effects of his coming into the world;...
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...
This he said, signifying what death he should die. (THIS HE SAID, SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH, [ poioo (G4169) thanatoo (G2288) rather, 'what kind' or 'manner of death'] he should die)-that is, His being ...
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...
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...
BY WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. — Better, _by what manner of death._.. (Comp. John 18:32.) The words are the Apostle’s interpretation of the saying of our Lord. He remembers it as he has recorded it twic...
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 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...
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. 33. “ _Now this he said, signifying by what death he should die._ ” This explanation of John is declared to be false by some modern interpreters (_Meyer, Reuss_, etc.), Jesus having spoken, accor...
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...
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. (32) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me, (33) This he said, signifying what death he...
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...
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...
THIS HE SAID,.... These are the words of the evangelist, interpreting the design of Christ in the above words, thereby SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE; the phrase of being lifted up from the eart...
This he said, signifying what death he should die. Ver. 33. _Signifying what death, &c._] Be lifted up between heaven and earth, as Absalom was, _Absolon Marte furens pensilis arbore obit, _ who ther...
_Now is the judgment of this world_ Which I am going to conquer and condemn, that by my death my followers may both be taught and enabled to triumph over it, and those may be convinced of sin that bel...
The manner of Christ's glorification:...
THIS HE SAID, SIGNIFYING WHAT DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. The thought of the coming ordeal, in a way, filled the soul of Christ with dread, He was deeply moved and agitated at the prospect. He felt something...
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...
27-33 The sin of our souls was the troubled of Christ's soul, when he undertook to redeem and save us, and to make his soul an offering for our sin. Christ was willing to suffer, yet prayed to be sav...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 12:32...
John 12:33 G1161 This G5124 said G3004 (G5707) signifying G4591 (G5723) what G4169 death G2288 would...
‘ “Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out, and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself”. (He said this to show by what death he wou...
John 12:32-33. AND I, IF I BE LIFTED ON HIGH OUT OF THE EARTH, WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO MYSELF. BUT THIS HE SAID, SIGNIFYING BY WHAT MANNER OF DEATH HE SHOULD DIE. ‘Myself' is used in emphatic contrast...
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...
SIGNIFYING (σημαινων). Present active participle of σεμαινω, old verb to give a sign (σημειον) as in Acts 25:27, and the whole phrase repeated in John 18:32 and nearly so in John 21:19. The indirect...
John 12:32 The Atonement I. Christ came to remit _sin_the debt incurred by man to his God. Punishment, as St. Paul speaks of it, is not an arbitrary penalty for sin, having no direct reference to the...
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 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...
_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...
_Now is the Judgment of this world_ THE WORLD’S HOUR OF DEEPEST REVOLUTION It was the signal I. OF ITS JUDGMENT. To judge is to verify the moral condition. The judgment of the world is based upon th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:33 WHAT KIND OF DEATH. See John 21:19. ⇐...
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...
_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...
John 18:32; John 21:19...