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
12
At Bethany
(Matthew 26.6-13; Mark 14.3-9)
1Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death. 2A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there.
3 #
Lk 7.37,38. Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume#12.3 very expensive bottle of perfume: The Greek text has “expensive perfume made of pure spikenard,” a plant used to make perfume. and poured it on Jesus' feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house.
4A disciple named Judas Iscariot#12.4 Iscariot: See the note at 6.71. was there. He was the one who was going to betray Jesus, and he asked, 5“Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 silver coins and the money given to the poor?” 6Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the moneybag and sometimes would steal from it.
7Jesus replied, “Leave her alone! She has kept this perfume for the day of my burial. 8#Dt 15.11. You will always have the poor with you, but you won't always have me.”
A Plot To Kill Lazarus
9A lot of people came when they heard that Jesus was there. They also wanted to see Lazarus, because Jesus had raised him from death. 10So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus. 11He was the reason that many of the people were turning from them and putting their faith in Jesus.
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
(Matthew 21.1-11; Mark 11.1-11; Luke 19.28-40)
12The next day a large crowd was in Jerusalem for Passover. When they heard that Jesus was coming for the festival, 13#Ps 118.25,26; 1 Macc 13.51. they took palm branches and went out to greet him.#12.13 took palm branches and went out to greet him: This was one way the people welcomed a famous person. They shouted,
“Hooray!#12.13 Hooray: This translates a word that can mean “please save us.” But it is most often used as a shout of praise to God.
God bless the one who comes
in the name of the Lord!
God bless the King
of Israel!”
14Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, just as the Scriptures say,
15 #
Zec 9.9. “People of Jerusalem,
don't be afraid!
Your King is now coming,
and he is riding
on a donkey.”
16At first, Jesus' disciples did not understand. But after he had been given his glory,#12.16 had been given his glory: See the note at 7.39. they remembered all this. Everything had happened exactly as the Scriptures said it would.
17-18A crowd had come to meet Jesus because they had seen him call Lazarus out of the tomb. They kept talking about him and this miracle.#12.17,18 miracle: See the note at 2.11. 19But the Pharisees said to each other, “There is nothing we can do! Everyone in the world is following Jesus.”
Some Greeks Want To Meet Jesus
20Some Greeks#12.20 Greeks: Perhaps Gentiles who worshiped with the Jews. See the note at 7.35. had gone to Jerusalem to worship during Passover. 21Philip from Bethsaida in Galilee was there too. So they went to him and said, “Sir, we would like to meet Jesus.” 22Philip told Andrew. Then the two of them went to Jesus and told him.
The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up
23Jesus said:
The time has come for the Son of Man to be given his glory.#12.23 be given his glory: See the note at 7.39. 24I tell you for certain that a grain of wheat that falls on the ground will never be more than one grain unless it dies. But if it dies, it will produce lots of wheat. 25#Mt 10.39; 16.25; Mk 8.35; Lk 9.24; 17.33. If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life. 26If you serve me, you must go with me. My servants will be with me wherever I am. If you serve me, my Father will honor you.
27Now I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer. 28So Father, bring glory to yourself.
A voice from heaven then said, “I have already brought glory to myself, and I will do it again!” 29When the crowd heard the voice, some of them thought it was thunder. Others thought an angel had spoken to Jesus.
30Then Jesus told the crowd, “That voice spoke to help you, not me. 31This world's people are now being judged, and the ruler of this world#12.31 world: In the Gospel of John “world” sometimes refers to the people who live in this world and to the evil forces that control their lives. is already being thrown out! 32If I am lifted up above the earth, I will make everyone want to come to me.” 33Jesus was talking about the way he would be put to death.
34 #
Ps 110.4; Is 9.7; Ez 37.24,25; Dn 7.14. The crowd said to Jesus, “The Scriptures teach that the Messiah will live forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
35Jesus answered, “The light will be with you for only a little longer. Walk in the light while you can. Then you won't be caught walking blindly in the dark. 36Have faith in the light while it is with you, and you will be children of the light.”
The People Refuse To Have Faith in Jesus
After Jesus had said these things, he left and went into hiding. 37He had worked a lot of miracles#12.37 miracles: See the note at 2.11. among the people, but they were still not willing to have faith in him. 38#Is 53.1 (LXX). This happened so that what the prophet Isaiah had said would come true,
“Lord, who has believed
our message?
And who has seen
your mighty strength?”
39The people could not have faith in Jesus, because Isaiah had also said,
40 # Is 6.10 (LXX). “The Lord has blinded
the eyes of the people,
and he has made
the people stubborn.
He did this so that they
could not see
or understand,
and so that they
would not turn to the Lord
and be healed.”
41Isaiah said this, because he saw the glory of Jesus and spoke about him.#12.41 he saw the glory of Jesus and spoke about him: Or “he saw the glory of God and spoke about Jesus.” 42Even then, many of the leaders put their faith in Jesus, but they did not tell anyone about it. The Pharisees had already given orders for the people not to have anything to do with anyone who had faith in Jesus. 43And besides, the leaders liked praise from others more than they liked praise from God.
Jesus Came To Save the World
44In a loud voice Jesus said:
Everyone who has faith in me also has faith in the one who sent me. 45And everyone who has seen me has seen the one who sent me. 46I am the light that has come into the world. No one who has faith in me will stay in the dark.
47I am not the one who will judge those who refuse to obey my teachings. I came to save the people of this world, not to be their judge. 48But everyone who rejects me and my teachings will be judged on the last day#12.48 the last day: See the note at 6.39. by what I have said. 49I don't speak on my own. I say only what the Father who sent me has told me to say. 50I know that his commands will bring eternal life. This is why I tell you exactly what the Father has told me.
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