Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
John 12:25
He that loveth his life ... - This was a favorite principle, a sort of “axiom” with the Lord Jesus, which he applied to himself as well as to his followers. See the Matthew 10:39 note; Luke 9:24 note.
He that loveth his life ... - This was a favorite principle, a sort of “axiom” with the Lord Jesus, which he applied to himself as well as to his followers. See the Matthew 10:39 note; Luke 9:24 note.
Verse 25. _HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE_] Matthew 10:39, Matthew 10:39; _and see Clarke "_Luke 14:26_"_. I am about to give up my life for the salvation of men; but I shall speedily receive it...
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...
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT. Then he announces. principle that underlies all exaltation. He gave his life and found eternal exaltation; the grain gives its life and lives. hundred fold; thos...
Jesus answered them: "The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. This is the truth I tell you--unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains all by itself alone; b...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
LOVETH. Greek. _phileo._ App-135. LIFE. Greek _psuche._ App-110 and App-170. Compare Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Matthew 16:26;...
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,...
_loveth his life … hateth his life … life eternal_ -Life" is here used in two senses, and in the Greek two different words are used. In the first two cases -life" means the life of the individual, in...
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...
ἈΠΟΛΛΎΕΙ (אBL) for ἀπολέσει (AD). 25. ΨΥΧΉΝ … ΖΩΉΝ. Ψυχή is the life of the individual, ζωή life in the abstract. By a noble disregard of the former we win the latter: sacrifice of self is the highest...
Ver 20. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast. 21. The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would...
_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...
ΦΙΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΦΙΛΈΩ (G5368) любить, ΜΙΣΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΜΙΣΈΩ (G3404) ненавидеть, ΦΥΛΆΞΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ (G5442) охранять, блюсти. Этот гл. означает, что они вла...
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE, &C.— He told them further, that as he, their Master, was to_suffer_ before his exaltation, so must they, his disciples, expect the like; for which reason they were to expect p...
THE GREAT PARADOXDEATH FOR LIFE _Text 12:20-26_ 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: 21 these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galil...
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...
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT; AND HE THAT HATETH HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD S...
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...
LAST PUBLIC DISCOURSE OF JESUS. THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN. The time is probably Wednesday afternoon, the place the Temple: cp. Matthew 21:23. Jesus resigns Himself to death, comforting Himself by contempl...
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...
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT. — The reading here is uncertain, and may be, perhaps with slightly more probability is, _He that loveth his life loses it_ — _i.e.,_ that the loss of life is not...
III. _ THE CORN OF WHEAT._ "Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: these therefore came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Si...
ὁ φιλῶν … αὐτήν, he that so prizes his life [φιλοψυχεῖν is used in the classics of excessive love of life. See Kypke] that he cannot let it out of his own hand or give it up to good ends checks its gr...
_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
SACRIFICE A LAW OF LIFE John 12:20-29 These were genuine Greeks. The East came to the manger-bed; the West to the Cross. These men came to Philip probably because of his Greek name. The inarticulate...
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...
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...
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...
VER. 25. Application of the figure: “ _He who loves his life, loses it; and he who hates his life in this world, shall preserve it unto life eternal._ ” The relation between this sentence and the two...
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:...
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...
25._He who loveth his soul shall destroy it. _To doctrine Christ joins exhortation; for if we must die in order that we may bring forth _fruit_, we ought patiently to permit God to mortify us. But as...
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...
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT,.... The sense is, that whoever is so in love with this present temporal life, as to be anxiously careful of it, and takes all precautions to secure it; and rathe...
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. Ver. 25. _He that loveth his life_] As Christ loved not his life to the death for us,...
_Jesus answered, saying_ This phraseology intimates the suitableness of the following discourse to this particular occasion; by attending to which, many of the beauties of it will be discovered. Our L...
LOVETH HIS LIFE; MATTHEW 10:39; LUKE 9:24. HATETH HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD; loveth it less than he does spiritual and eternal life. These words contain a solemn intimation that for Christ's disciples al...
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT; AND HE THAT HATETH HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD SHALL KEEP IT UNTO LIFE ETERNAL....
The hour of Christ's glorification:...
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...
20-26 In attendance upon holy ordinances, particularly the gospel passover, the great desire of our souls should be to see Jesus; to see him as ours, to keep up communion with him, and derive grace f...
We had much the same in the other evangelists, MATTHEW 10:39 LUKE 14:26. Some think that our Saviour repeateth it here, to show, that as Christ first suffered, and then entered into his glory; so his...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV draws the soul away gladly from the body, even if it wrench itself away in its removal. "For he that loveth his life shall lose it, and he that loseth his life...
John 12:25 loves G5368 (G5723) his G846 life G5590 lose G622 (G5692) it G846 and G2532 hates...
‘He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me he must follow me, and where I am there will my servant be as well. If anyon...
John 12:25. HE THAT LOVETH HIS SOUL LOSETH IT; AND HE THAT HATETH HIS SOUL IN THIS WORLD SHALL KEEP IT UNTO LIFE ETERNAL. The law of the physical world just spoken of illustrates the law of the moral...
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...
LOSETH IT (απολλυε αυτην). The second paradox. Present active indicative of απολλυω. This great saying was spoken at various times as in Mark 8:35 (Matthew 16:25; Luke 9:24) and...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 14:17); (John 14:19); (John 14:22); (John 14:27); ...
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 12:1. _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...
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...
WHOEVER LOVES HIS OWN LIFE WILL LOSE IT. Christ gave his life and was given great glory. The grain of wheat dies, and lives a hundred grains. Those who hate [_love less,_ see note _on_ Luke 14:26] the...
_Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die_ A CORN OF WHEAT The original word is not _sperma, _a seed, but _kokkos, _a berry, a fruit. It shows the extreme, even scientific, accuracy of ou...
_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...
_The hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified._ THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DECLARATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT Why should this be such an hour of trouble and glory? How should the a...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:25 LOVES HIS LIFE means “delights in his life in this world more than in God.” HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD means “thinks so little of his life, and so much of God, that he is wil...
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...
_He that loveth his life_, &c. He that so preferreth his life to my Faith and its profession, as rather to deny the Faith than lose his life, shall incur eternal death. But he who hateth his life, so...
_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...
Acts 20:24; Acts 21:13; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Genesis 29:30; Hebrew
Life [ψ υ χ η ν]. See on Mark 12:30; Luke 1:46. Shall lose [α π ο λ ε σ ε ι]. The best texts read ajpolluei, loseth. See on Luke 9:25. In this world. This earthly economy, regarded as alien and hosti...
THE HOUR IS COME John 12:20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in our opening verses that the Greeks who had come up to the feast desired to see Jesus. They told Philip, Philip told Andrew, and then Andrew...
He that loveth his life — More than the will of God; shall lose it eternally: and he that hateth his life — In comparison of the will of God, shall preserve it. Matthew 10:39....