John 12
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The Anointing at Bethany
1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany#Mk 11:1 where Lazarus#12:1 Other mss read Lazarus who died was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.#Jn 11:43–44 2So#Mt 26:6–13; Mk 14:3–9 they gave a dinner for him there; Martha#Jn 11:1 was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. 3Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair.#Mk 14:3; Jn 11:2 So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot#Mt 26:14; Mk 3:19 (who was about to betray him), said, 5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii#12:5 A denarius = one day’s wage#Mt 18:28 and given to the poor?” 6He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.#Jn 10:1 He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
7Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.#Jn 19:40 8For you always have the poor with you,#Dt 15:11 but you do not always have me.”
The Decision to Kill Lazarus
9Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.#Jn 21:14 10But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also, 11because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them#12:11 Lit going away and believing in Jesus.
The Triumphal Entry
12The#Mt 21:1–11; Mk 11:1–11; Lk 19:28–44 next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13they took palm branches#Lv 23:40; Rv 7:9 and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:
“Hosanna! #
Lk 1:42
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord # 12:13 Ps 118:25–26 #
Ps 118:25–26
— the King of Israel!” #
Jn 1:49
14Jesus found a young donkey#Lk 13:15 and sat on it, just as it is written:
15 Do not be afraid, #
Jn 6:20
Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming,
sitting on a donkey’s colt. # 12:15 Zch 9:9 #
Zch 9:9
16His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him#Jn 2:22; 14:26 and that they had done these things to him.
17Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb#Jn 5:28 and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.#12:17 Other mss read Meanwhile the crowd, which had been with him, continued to testify that he had called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead. 18This is also why the crowd met him, because they heard he had done this sign. 19Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!” #Mk 15:6–15; Lk 19:39–44; Jn 11:47–48; 12:36–43; 19:15
Jesus Predicts His Crucifixion
20Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21So they came to Philip,#Mk 3:18 who was from Bethsaida#Mt 11:21; Mk 6:45; 8:22; Lk 9:10; 10:13; Jn 1:44 in Galilee,#Mt 17:22 and requested of him, “Sir,#Col 3:22 we want to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told Andrew;#Jn 6:8 then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
23Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man#Mk 2:10 to be glorified. 24Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat#Lk 16:7 falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.#1Co 15:36 25The one who loves his life will lose it,#Jn 10:28 and the one who hates#Lk 6:27; 19:14 his life#Mt 10:39 in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant#1Co 3:5 also will be.#Jn 14:3; 17:24; 2Co 5:8; Php 1:23; 1Th 4:17 If anyone serves me, the Father will honor#1Tm 5:3 him.
27 “Now my soul is troubled. What should I say — Father, save me #
Ps 3:7
from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name.”#12:28 Other mss read your Son#Jn 10:25; Ac 15:14; Rv 14:1
Then a voice#Jn 5:37 came from heaven: #Rv 14:13 “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”#Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12
29The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for me, but for you.#Jn 11:42 31Now is the judgment of this world.#Lk 4:6 Now the ruler of this world#Jn 3:16; 14:30; 16:11 will be cast out.#Col 2:15; 1Jn 3:8 32As for me, if I am lifted up#12:32 Or exalted, also in v. 34 from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”#Jn 11:51 33He said this to indicate what kind of death he was about to die.#Jn 18:32
34Then the crowd replied to him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah will remain forever.#Ps 89:36; Jn 15:4; 1Jn 2:17 So how can you say, ‘The Son of Man#Mk 2:10 must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
35Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer.#Ps 118:27; Jn 7:33; 9:4 Walk while you have the light#Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46; 1Jn 2:8 so that darkness doesn’t overtake you.#Php 3:12 The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.#Jn 7:28; 8:14; 1Jn 2:11 36While you have the light,#Jn 7:33; 1Th 5:5 believe in the light so that you may become children of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.#Lk 4:30
Isaiah’s Prophecies Fulfilled
37Even though he had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in him. 38This was to fulfill#Mt 1:22 the word of Isaiah#Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17 the prophet, who said:#12:38 Lit which he said
Lord, who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm #
Ex 15:16
of the Lord been revealed?#12:38Is 53:1#Is 53:1
39This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:
40 He has blinded #
Jn 8:59
their eyes
and hardened their hearts, #
Heb 3:8
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and turn, #
Is 56:3,6; Mt 18:3; 23:15; Ac 15:3; 28:27; Rm 16:5; 1Tm 3:6
and I would heal them. # 12:40 Is 6:10 #
Is 6:10; 1Pt 2:24
41Isaiah said these things because#12:41 Other mss read when he saw his glory#Mk 10:37; Jn 17:24 and spoke about him.
42Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers,#Lk 8:41 but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue. 43For they loved human praise#Php 3:19 more than praise from God.#Lk 9:32; 2Co 3:18; 1Th 2:4; 2Pt 3:18
A Summary of Jesus’s Mission
44Jesus cried out, “The one who believes in me#Jn 6:35 believes not in me, but in him who sent me. 45And the one who sees me sees him#Jn 14:9 who sent me. 46I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me would not remain in darkness. 47If anyone hears my words and doesn’t keep#Lk 11:28; 2Tm 1:14; 2Pt 3:17 them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world#Lk 6:37; Jn 3:18; 8:15; Rv 6:10 but to save the world.#Jn 3:17; Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8 48The one who rejects me#Lk 10:16 and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge: #12:48 Lit has the one judging him The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.#Jn 2:4; 6:39; 1Pt 1:5; 3:3; 2Pt 3:3; Jd 18 49For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father#Mt 11:27 himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said. 50I know that his command is eternal life.#Jn 5:26; 12:25; Ac 13:48; 1Jn 2:25 So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”#Jn 5:19; 14:24
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John 12
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1Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, to the home of Lazarus who had been raised from the dead. 2There a dinner was arranged in his honor. Martha helped serve the food while Lazarus sat at the table with Jesus and the other guests. 3Mary brought a pint#12:3. A litra, about 12 ounces, or half a liter. of pure nard perfume and anointed Jesus' feet, wiping them dry with her hair. The scent of the perfume filled the whole house.
4But one of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who would later betray Jesus, asked, 5“Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth three hundred denarii.”#12:5. About a year's wages at one denarius per day.
6He wasn't saying this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was the one who looked after the disciples' money and he often took some for himself.
7“Don't criticize her,”#12:7. Or “leave her alone.” Jesus replied. “She did this in preparation for the day of my burial. 8You'll always have the poor with you,#12:8. See Deuteronomy 15:11. but you won't always have me here.”
9A large crowd of Jews had found out that he was there. They came there not just to see Jesus but because they wanted to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead. 10So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus as well, 11since it was because of him that many people were no longer following the Jewish leaders but putting their trust in Jesus.
12The following day the crowds of people who had come for the Passover festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13They cut off palm branches and went to welcome him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one coming in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel.”#12:13. Quoting Psalms 118:26.
14Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, as Scripture says: 15“Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, riding a donkey's colt.”#12:15. Quoting Zechariah 9:9. 16At the time, Jesus' disciples did not understand what these things meant. It was only later when he was glorified#12:16. Glorified: in his resurrection and ascension. that they realized what had happened had been prophesied and applied to him.
17Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb and raise him from the dead, and were telling the story. 18That was the reason so many people went to meet Jesus—because they had heard about this miracle.
19The Pharisees said to one other, “Look, we're getting nowhere. Everyone's running after him.”
20Now some Greeks had come to the festival to worship. 21They came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said, “Sir, we'd like to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told Andrew. Then they both went to Jesus and told him.
23Jesus responded, “The time has come for the Son of man to be glorified. 24I tell you the truth: unless a grain of wheat is planted in the soil and dies,#12:24. Meaning that it looks like it dies. it remains just one grain. But if it dies, it produces many more grains of wheat. 25If you love your own life you will lose it, but if you don't love your own life in this world you will keep your life forever. 26If you want to serve me you need to follow me. My servants will be where I am, and my Father will honor anyone who serves me.
27Now I am troubled. What should I say? ‘Father, save me from this coming time of suffering?#12:27. Literally, “this hour.”’ No, for this is why I came—to go through this time of suffering. 28Father, show the glory of your character.”#12:28. Or “name.” Name is synonymous with character.
A voice came from heaven, saying, “I have shown its glory, and I will show it again.” 29The crowd that was standing there heard it. Some said it thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
30Jesus told them, “This voice spoke not for my sake, but for yours. 31Now is the judgment of this world; now the prince of this world will be thrown out. 32But when I am lifted up from the earth I will attract everyone to me.” 33(He said this to point out the kind of death he was going to die.)
34The crowd responded, “The Law#12:34. Referring to what we call the Old Testament. tells us that the Messiah will live forever, so how can you say the Son of man must be ‘lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of man’?”
35Jesus replied, “The light is here with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that the darkness doesn't overtake you. Those who walk in the dark don't know where they're going. 36Put your trust in the light while you still have it so that you can become children of light.” When Jesus had told them this, he left and hid himself from them.
37But despite all the miracles he had done in their presence, they still did not trust in Jesus. 38This fulfilled the message of Isaiah the prophet, who said, “Lord, who has believed what we told them? To whom has the Lord's power been revealed?”#12:38. Quoting Isaiah 53:1.
39They were not able to trust him, and as a result they fulfilled what Isaiah also said: 40“He blinded their eyes, and made their minds dull, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not think, and they would not turn to me—for if they did I would heal them.”#12:40. Quoting Isaiah 6:10. 41Isaiah saw Jesus' glory and said this in reference to him.
42Even so many of the leaders did trust in him. However, they did not openly admit it because they did not want the Pharisees to expel them from the synagogue, 43loving human admiration more than God's approval.
44Jesus called out, “If you trust in me you're not just trusting in me but also in the one who sent me. 45When you see me, you're seeing the one who sent me. 46I have come as a light shining into the world, so if you trust in me you won't remain in the dark. 47I don't judge anyone who hears my words but doesn't do what I say. I came to save the world, not to judge it. 48Anyone who rejects me and does not accept my words will be judged at the end-time judgment in accordance with what I have said. 49For I'm not speaking for myself but for my Father who sent me. He is the one who instructed me what to say and how to say it. 50I know that what he told me to say brings eternal life—so whatever I say is what the Father told me.”
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