New American Standard Bible 1995
John 12:14-50
14JesusG2424, findingG2147 a youngG3678 donkeyG3678, satG2523 on it; as it is writtenG1125, 15“1FearG5399 not, daughterG2364 of ZionG4622; beholdG2400, your KingG935 is comingG2064, seatedG2521 on a donkey’sG3688 coltG4454.” 162TheseG3778 thingsG3778 His disciplesG3101 did not understandG1097 at the firstG4413; but whenG3753 JesusG2424 3was glorifiedG1392, thenG5119 they rememberedG3403 that theseG3778 thingsG3778 were writtenG1125 of Him, and that they had doneG4160 theseG3778 thingsG3778 to Him. 17SoG3767 4the 5peopleG3793, who were with Him whenG3753 He calledG5455 LazarusG2976 out of the tombG3419 and raisedG1453 him from the deadG3498, continuedG3140 to testifyG3140 about Him. 186For thisG3778 reasonG1223 alsoG2532 the 7peopleG3793 wentG5221 and metG5221 Him, 8becauseG3754 they heardG191 that He had performedG4160 thisG3778 9signG4592. 19SoG3767 the PhariseesG5330 saidG3004 to oneG1438 anotherG1438, “You seeG2334 that you are not doingG5623 anyG3762 goodG5623; lookG2396, the worldG2889 has goneG565 afterG3694 Him.”
20NowG1161 thereG1563 were someG5100 10GreeksG1672 amongG1537 thoseG3588 who were goingG305 up to worshipG4352 at 11the feastG1859; 21theseG3778 thenG3767 cameG4334 to 12PhilipG5376, whoG3588 was from 13BethsaidaG966 of GalileeG1056, and began to askG2065 him, sayingG3004, “SirG2962, we wishG2309 to seeG3708 JesusG2424.” 22PhilipG5376 cameG2064 and toldG3004 14AndrewG406; AndrewG406 and PhilipG5376 cameG2064 and toldG3004 JesusG2424. 23And JesusG2424 answeredG611 them, sayingG3004, “15The hourG5610 has comeG2064 for the SonG5207 of ManG444 to 16be glorifiedG1392. 24TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, 17unlessG1437G3361 a grainG2848 of wheatG4621 fallsG4098 into the earthG1093 and diesG599, it remainsG3306 aloneG3441; but ifG1437 it diesG599, it bearsG5342 muchG4183 fruitG2590. 2518He who lovesG5368 his 19lifeG5590 losesG622 it, and he who 20hatesG3404 his 21lifeG5590 in thisG3778 worldG2889 will keepG5442 it to lifeG2222 eternalG166. 26IfG1437 anyoneG5100 22servesG1247 Me, he must followG190 Me; and 23whereG3699 I amG1510, thereG1563 My servantG1249 will be alsoG2532; ifG1437 anyoneG5100 24servesG1247 Me, the FatherG3962 will 25honorG5091 him.
27“26NowG3568 My soulG5590 has become troubledG5015; and whatG5101 shall I sayG3004, ‘27FatherG3962, saveG4982 Me from 28thisG3778 hourG5610’? But for thisG3778 purpose I cameG2064 to thisG3778 hourG5610. 2829FatherG3962, glorifyG1392 Your nameG3686.” ThenG3767 a 30voiceG5456 cameG2064 out of heavenG3772: “I have bothG2532 glorifiedG1392 it, and will glorifyG1392 it againG3825.” 29SoG3767 the crowdG3793 of people who stoodG2476 by and heardG191 it were sayingG3004 that it had thunderedG1027G1096; othersG243 were sayingG3004, “31An angelG32 has spokenG2980 to Him.” 30JesusG2424 answeredG611 and saidG3004, “32ThisG3778 voiceG5456 has not comeG1096 for My sakeG1223, but for your sakesG1223. 3133NowG3568 judgmentG2920 is upon thisG3778 worldG2889; nowG3568 34the rulerG758 of thisG3778 worldG2889 will be castG1544 out. 32And I, ifG1437 I 35am liftedG5312 up from the earthG1093, will 36drawG1670 allG3956 menG3956 to MyselfG1683.” 33But He was sayingG3004 thisG3778 37to indicateG4591 the kindG4169 of deathG2288 by whichG4169 He was to dieG599. 34The crowdG3793 thenG3767 answeredG611 Him, “We have heardG191 out of 38the LawG3551 that 3940the ChristG5547 is to remainG3306 foreverG165; and howG4459 can You sayG3004, ‘The 41SonG5207 of ManG444 mustG1163 be 42liftedG5312 up’? WhoG5101 is thisG3778 43SonG5207 of ManG444?” 35SoG3767 JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “44For a littleG3398 whileG5550 longerG2089 45the LightG5457 is amongG1722 you. 46WalkG4043 whileG5613 you haveG2192 the LightG5457, soG2443 that darknessG4653 will not overtakeG2638 you; he who 47walksG4043 in the darknessG4653 does not knowG3609 whereG4226 he goesG5217. 36WhileG5613 you haveG2192 the LightG5457, 48believeG4100 in the LightG5457, soG2443 that you may becomeG1096 49sonsG5207 of LightG5457.”
TheseG3778 thingsG3778 JesusG2424 spokeG2980, and He wentG565 awayG565 and 5051hidG2928 Himself from them. 37But though He had performedG4160 soG5118 manyG5118 52signsG4592 beforeG1715 them, yet they were not believingG4100 in Him. 38This was to fulfillG4137 the wordG3056 of IsaiahG2268 the prophetG4396 whichG3739 he spokeG3004: “53LordG2962, whoG5101 has believedG4100 our reportG189? And to whomG5101 has the armG1023 of the LordG2962 been revealedG601?” 39For thisG3778 reasonG1223 they couldG1410 not believeG4100, for IsaiahG2268 saidG3004 againG3825, 40“54He has blindedG5186 their eyesG3788 and He 55hardenedG4456 their heartG2588, soG2443G3361 that they would not seeG3708 with their eyesG3788 and perceiveG3539 with their heartG2588, and 56be convertedG4762 and I healG2390 them.” 41TheseG3778 thingsG3778 IsaiahG2268 saidG3004 becauseG3754 57he sawG3708 His gloryG1391, and 58he spokeG2980 of Him. 42NeverthelessG3676G3305 59manyG4183 evenG2532 of 60the rulersG758 believedG4100 in Him, but 61becauseG1223 of the PhariseesG5330 they were not confessingG3670 Him, for fearG2443G3361 that they would be 6263putG656 out of the synagogueG656; 4364for they lovedG25 the 65approvalG1391 of menG444 ratherG3123 thanG2228 the 66approvalG1391 of GodG2316.
44And JesusG2424 criedG2896 out and saidG3004, “67He who believesG4100 in Me, does not believeG4100 in Me but in Him who sentG3992 Me. 4568He who seesG2334 Me seesG2334 the One who sentG3992 Me. 4669I have comeG2064 as LightG5457 into the worldG2889, soG2443 that everyoneG3956 who believesG4100 in Me will not remainG3306 in darknessG4653. 47IfG1437 anyoneG5100 hearsG191 My sayingsG4487 and does not keepG5442 them, I do not judgeG2919 him; for 70I did not comeG2064 to judgeG2919 the worldG2889, but to saveG4982 the worldG2889. 4871He who rejectsG114 Me and does not receiveG2983 My sayingsG4487, hasG2192 one who judgesG2919 him; 72the wordG3056 I spokeG2980 is whatG1565 will judgeG2919 him at 73the lastG2078 dayG2250. 4974For I did not speakG2980 75on My ownG1683 initiativeG1683, but the FatherG3962 HimselfG846 who sentG3992 Me 76has givenG1325 Me a commandmentG1785 as to whatG5101 to sayG3004 and whatG5101 to speakG2980. 50I knowG3609 that 77His commandmentG1785 is eternalG166 lifeG2222; thereforeG3767 the things I speakG2980, I speakG2980 78justG2531 as the FatherG3962 has toldG3004 Me.”
Notes
- 1. John 12:15 Zech 9:9 ↩
- 2. John 12:16 Mark 9:32; John 2:22; 14:26 ↩
- 3. John 12:16 John 7:39; 12:23 ↩
- 4. John 12:17 John 11:42 ↩
- 5. John 12:17 Lit crowd ↩
- 6. John 12:18 Luke 19:37; John 12:12 ↩
- 7. John 12:18 Lit crowd ↩
- 8. John 12:18 John 12:11 ↩
- 9. John 12:18 Or attesting miracle ↩
- 10. John 12:20 John 7:35 ↩
- 11. John 12:20 John 12:1 ↩
- 12. John 12:21 John 1:44 ↩
- 13. John 12:21 Matt 11:21 ↩
- 14. John 12:22 John 1:44 ↩
- 15. John 12:23 Matt 26:45; Mark 14:35, 41; John 13:1; 17:1 ↩
- 16. John 12:23 John 7:39; 12:16; 13:32 ↩
- 17. John 12:24 Rom 14:9; 1 Cor 15:36 ↩
- 18. John 12:25 Matt 10:39; 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33 ↩
- 19. John 12:25 Lit soul ↩
- 20. John 12:25 Luke 14:26 ↩
- 21. John 12:25 Lit soul ↩
- 22. John 12:26 Or is serving ↩
- 23. John 12:26 John 14:3; 17:24; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; 1 Thess 4:17 ↩
- 24. John 12:26 Or is serving ↩
- 25. John 12:26 1 Sam 2:30; Ps 91:15; Luke 12:37 ↩
- 26. John 12:27 Matt 26:38; Mark 14:34; John 11:33 ↩
- 27. John 12:27 Matt 11:25 ↩
- 28. John 12:27 John 12:23 ↩
- 29. John 12:28 Matt 11:25 ↩
- 30. John 12:28 Matt 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35 ↩
- 31. John 12:29 Acts 23:9 ↩
- 32. John 12:30 John 11:42 ↩
- 33. John 12:31 John 3:19; 9:39; 16:11 ↩
- 34. John 12:31 John 14:30; 16:11; 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2; 6:12; 1 John 4:4; 5:19 ↩
- 35. John 12:32 John 3:14; 8:28; 12:34 ↩
- 36. John 12:32 John 6:44 ↩
- 37. John 12:33 John 18:32; 21:19 ↩
- 38. John 12:34 John 10:34 ↩
- 39. John 12:34 I.e. the Messiah ↩
- 40. John 12:34 Ps 110:4; Is 9:7; Ezek 37:25; Dan 7:14 ↩
- 41. John 12:34 Matt 8:20 ↩
- 42. John 12:34 John 3:14; 8:28; 12:32 ↩
- 43. John 12:34 Matt 8:20 ↩
- 44. John 12:35 John 7:33; 9:4 ↩
- 45. John 12:35 John 12:46; 1 John 2:10 ↩
- 46. John 12:35 Gal 6:10; Eph 5:8 ↩
- 47. John 12:35 1 John 1:6; 2:11 ↩
- 48. John 12:36 John 12:46 ↩
- 49. John 12:36 Luke 16:8; John 8:12 ↩
- 50. John 12:36 Lit was hidden ↩
- 51. John 12:36 John 8:59 ↩
- 52. John 12:37 Or attesting signs ↩
- 53. John 12:38 Is 53:1; Rom 10:16 ↩
- 54. John 12:40 Is 6:10; Matt 13:14f ↩
- 55. John 12:40 Mark 6:52 ↩
- 56. John 12:40 Lit be turned; i.e. turn about ↩
- 57. John 12:41 Is 6:1ff ↩
- 58. John 12:41 Luke 24:27 ↩
- 59. John 12:42 John 7:48; 12:11 ↩
- 60. John 12:42 Luke 23:13 ↩
- 61. John 12:42 John 7:13 ↩
- 62. John 12:42 I.e. excommunicated ↩
- 63. John 12:42 John 9:22 ↩
- 64. John 12:43 John 5:41, 44 ↩
- 65. John 12:43 Or glory ↩
- 66. John 12:43 Or glory ↩
- 67. John 12:44 Matt 10:40; John 5:24 ↩
- 68. John 12:45 John 14:9 ↩
- 69. John 12:46 John 1:4; 3:19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35f ↩
- 70. John 12:47 John 3:17; 8:15f ↩
- 71. John 12:48 Luke 10:16 ↩
- 72. John 12:48 Deut 18:18f; John 5:45ff; 8:47 ↩
- 73. John 12:48 Matt 10:15; John 6:39; Acts 17:31; 1 Pet 1:5; 2 Pet 3:3, 7; Heb 10:25 ↩
- 74. John 12:49 John 3:11; 7:16; 8:26, 28, 38; 14:10, 24 ↩
- 75. John 12:49 Lit of Myself ↩
- 76. John 12:49 John 14:31; 17:8 ↩
- 77. John 12:50 John 6:68 ↩
- 78. John 12:50 John 5:19; 8:28 ↩
Commentaries on John 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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