Bare witness
(εμαρτυρε). Imperfect active of μαρτυρεω. This crowning triumph of Jesus gave an added sense of importance to the crowds that were actually with Jesus when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead. For this description of this portion of the crowd see John 11:45; John 12:1; John 12:9-11.
JOHN 12:17 o[te {B} The reading o[te is preferable to o[ti because it is supported by generally superior external testimony, and because o[ti appears to be an attempt to clarify the account, which ot...
Verse John 12:17. _WHEN HE CALLED_] It appears that these people, who had seen him raise Lazarus from the dead, were publishing abroad the miracle, which increased the popularity of Christ, and the en...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:1. Also Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. John 12:16...
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 TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. If the story of Lazarus is historical it is quite probable that people in Jerusalem should come out to Bethany, to satisfy themselves as to what would happen at the Feast, and tha...
GENTILES SEEKING CHRIST (JOHN 12:17-36) 17. The people... bare record. John has just narrated. wonderful passage in the life of the Redeemer, his entry into the city of his enemies, who had resolved...
On the next day the great crowd that was coming to the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They kept up a shout: "Hosanna...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
THE PEOPLE. The crowd. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. GRAVE. See note on John 11:17. BARE RECORD. = were testifying. See note on John 1:7....
_when he called Lazarus_ See on John 12:10. There is another reading, well supported, which gives - _that_He called Lazarus," and the whole will then run; _The_ MULTITUDE, _therefore, which was with H...
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 ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE...
ὍΤΕ Τ. ΛΆΖ. See on John 12:9. _The multitude, therefore, that was with Him_ WHEN _He raised … were bearing witness_. See on John 12:41. This special mention of the ‘calling from the tomb’ is very natu...
Ver 12. On the next day many people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13. Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bl...
_JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM FOR THE LAST PASSOVER -- JOHN 12:12-19:_ As Jesus entered Jerusalem the people took palm branches and went out to greet him. They shouted, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Isr...
ΈΜΑΡΤΎΡΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) свидетельствовать, удостоверять. Iterat. _impf._ указывает на длительное действие и объясняет, что было сделано для свидетельства о могуществе Иисуса (B...
THE PEOPLE THEREFORE, &C.— Because the forwardness which the multitude now shewed to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah, was altogether extraordinary, the evangelist assigns the cause thereof. The witne...
THY KING COMETH _Text 12:12-19_ 12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 12:12-20 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The passage which is to be before us brings to our notice one of the most remark...
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 19:29....
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...
12:17 because (g-10) Or 'that.'...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (see on Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.) The purpose of our Lord's public entry was to testify to the nation and to mankind that He was actually the Messiah promised by the OT...
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...
WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS.... BARE RECORD. — Several MSS. and some of the oldest versions read, “bare record that He called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead.” The difference in the...
II. _ THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM._ "On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to...
In John 12:17-18 this demonstration is carefully traced to the raising of Lazarus: “the crowd which was with Him when He summoned Lazarus from the tomb, and raised him from the dead, testified [that H...
_The triumphal entry into Jerusalem_....
THE TRIBUTE OF THE MULTITUDE John 12:12-19 This multitude of enthusiastic lovers of Christ were principally from Galilee. They had already reached the city, but hearing of His approach they went fort...
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...
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...
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...
II. THE ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM: JOHN 12:12-19. Jesus had striven on every occasion to repress the popular manifestations in His favor (John 6:15; Luke 14:25-33;...
“ _The multitude therefore who were with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness to him;_ 18 _and it was for this cause also that the multitude went to mee...
On the next day, much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13) Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed...
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...
17._The multitude gave their testimony. _He again repeats what he had said, that many persons, aroused by the report of so great a miracle, came to meet Christ. The reason why they go out in crowds is...
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...
THE PEOPLE THEREFORE THAT WAS WITH HIM,.... The Jews, that came from Jerusalem to Bethany, to comfort the two sisters of Lazarus upon his death, who believed in Christ; and others of the town of Betha...
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. Ver. 17. _When he called Lazarus, &c._] This notable miracle, the evangelist...
_The people, therefore_ “Because the forwardness which the multitude now showed to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah was altogether extraordinary, the evangelist assigns the cause thereof. The witnesse...
BARE RECORD; they related what Jesus had done in raising Lazarus from the dead....
Christ rides into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1-16; MARK 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44....
THE PEOPLE THEREFORE THAT WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS OUT OF HIS GRAVE, AND RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, BARE RECORD....
Further results of the raising of Lazarus:...
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...
12-19 Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists. Many excellent things, both in the word and providence of God, disciples do not understand at their first acquaintance...
Ver. 17-19. These three verses let us know the external cause of the people's coming to see Christ, which was the fame of the miracle wrought by our Saviour on Lazarus; this increased the number of th...
John 12:17 Therefore G3767 people G3793 were G5607 (G5752) with G3326 Him G846 when G3753 called G5455 ...
‘The crowd therefore who were with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. This was why the great crowd also went and met him, because they heard he had...
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH (JOHN 12:12). John deals with this subject very succintly. Again he knows that his readers are aware of the facts from the tradition behind the other Gospels, so he...
John 12:17-18. THE MULTITUDE THEREFORE THAT WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS OUT OF THE TOMB AND RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, BARE WITNESS. FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THE MULTITUDE WENT TO MEET HIM, BECAUSE...
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...
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...
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...
THAT WAS WHY THE CROWD MET HIM. John explains both the crowd and their attitude as they meet Jesus in the Triumphant Entry....
_These things understood not His disciples at first_ 1. Men may be in the midst of great mercies and actings, and may not only be witnesses of the Lord’s working and the works of others, but even ac...
_The people therefore_... _bare witness_, &c., to the raising of Lazarus....
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...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:9. MUCH PEOPLE, ETC.—Not our Lord’s enemies, but members of the pilgrim bands and friendly neighbours from the city. John 12:10. BUT THE CHIEF PRIESTS, ETC.—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 5:9; Acts 1:22; Acts 5:32; John 1:19; John 1:32;...
When he called Lazarus out of the tomb — How admirably does the apostle express, as well the greatness of the miracle, as the facility with which it was wrought! The easiness of the Scripture style on...
Observe here, 1. How the multitude at Jerusalem came forth to meet Christ, when he was making his public entry into the city, hearing the fame of his miracles; FOR THIS CAUSE THE PEOPLE ALSO MET HIM,...