John 12:27

John 12:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

Context of John 12:27

25He who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it forever. 26If any man serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there also will My servant be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. “Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But it was for this reason I came to this hour. 28Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came out of heaven, “I have glorified it, and again I will glorify it!” 29Therefore the crowd that was standing there and heard it was saying that it had thundered. Others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

John 12:27 word by word

Νῦν ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται, καὶ τί εἴπω; πάτερ, σῶσόν με ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης; ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον εἰς τὴν ὥραν ταύτην.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• isταράσσωtarassō · to troubleG5015
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• soulὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soul: myselfG5590
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• shall I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• saveσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• came Iἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519

Cross-references for John 12:27

• John 11:33When Yeshua saw her weeping, and the Judeans who came with her weeping, He was deeply troubled in spirit and Himself agitated.
• John 13:21After He said these things, Yeshua was agitated in spirit and testified, “Amen, amen I tell you, one of you will betray Me!”
• Psalms 69:1For the music director, on “Lilies,” of David.
• Psalms 88:3Let my prayer come before You. Turn Your ear to my cry.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
• Matthew 26:38Then He tells them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
• Mark 14:33He takes with Him Peter, Jacob, and John; and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
• Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He was praying fervently; and His sweat was like drops of blood falling down on the ground.
• Hebrews 5:7In the days of His life on earth, Yeshua offered up both prayers and pleas, with loud crying and tears, to the One able to save Him from death; and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Isaiah 38:15What should I say? For He has spoken to me— He Himself has done it! I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
• Luke 12:49“I came to pour out fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze!
• John 11:41So they rolled away the stone. Yeshua lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard Me.
• Matthew 26:53Or do you suppose that I cannot call on My Father, and at once He will place at My side twelve legions of angels?
• John 18:37So Pilate said to Him, “Are you a king, then?” Yeshua answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world, so that I might testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
• Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the Temple, yet you did not lay a finger on Me. But this is yours—the hour and the power of darkness.”
• 1 Timothy 1:15Trustworthy is the saying and deserving of complete acceptance: “Messiah Yeshua came into the world to save sinners”—of whom I am foremost.

Commentaries on John 12:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Now is my soul troubled - Our blessed Lord took upon him our weaknesses, that he might sanctify them to us. As a man he was troubled at the prospect of a violent death. Nature abhors death: God has implanted that abhorrence in nature, that it might become a principle of self preservation; and it is to this that we owe all that prudence and caution by which we avoid danger. When we see Jesus working miracles which demonstrate his omnipotence, we should be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Now is my soul troubled - The mention of his death brought before him its approaching horrors, its pains, its darkness, its unparalleled woes. Jesus was full of acute sensibility, and his human nature shrunk from the scenes through which he was to pass. See Luke 23:41-44. What shall I say? - This is an expression denoting intense anxiety and perplexity. As if it were a subject of debate whether he could bear those sufferings; or whether the work of man‘s…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-33Verses 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 saved from suffering. Prayer against trouble may well agree with patience under it, and submission to the will of God in it. Our Lord Jesus undertook to satisfy God's injured honour, and he did it by humbling himself. The voice of the Father from heaven…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27My soul is troubled: John used the same term (Greek tarassō) to describe the strong emotion of agony that Jesus felt when he stood before Lazarus’s tomb (11:33; also 13:21). When Jesus faced his coming death, he was not without emotion. He did not act as if nothing troubled him. He experienced real anguish (deep sorrow and distress). Even in his distress, Jesus remained obedient to the Father’s will. Throughout his ministry, he had said that he did only…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2827-28. Now is my soul troubled--He means at the prospect of His death, just alluded to. Strange view of the Cross this, immediately after representing it as the hour of His glory! (Joh 12:23). But the two views naturally meet, and blend into one. It was the Greeks, one might say, that troubled Him. Ah! they shall see Jesus, but to Him it shall be a costly sight. and what shall I say?--He is in a strait betwixt two. The death of the cross was, and could…Read the comment

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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