John 12
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1Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. 3Therefore Mary took a pound#12:3 a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
4Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said, 5“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii#12:5 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer. and given to the poor?” 6Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
7But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial. 8For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
9A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 10But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also, 11because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
12On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna!#12:13 “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,#Psalms 118:25-26 the King of Israel!”
14Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written, 15“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”#Zechariah 9:9 16His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him. 17The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it. 18For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
20Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast. 21Therefore, these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.” 22Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
23Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life. 26If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
27 “Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause. 28Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
29Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes. 31Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. 32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
34The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever.#Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44; See Isaiah 53:8 How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
35Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. 36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them. 37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him, 38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:
“Lord, who has believed our report?
To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”#Isaiah 53:1
39For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:
40“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart,
lest they should see with their eyes,
and perceive with their heart,
and would turn,
and I would heal them.”#Isaiah 6:10
41Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. #Isaiah 6:1 42Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue, 43for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
44Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. 45He who sees me sees him who sent me. 46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness. 47If anyone listens to my sayings and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day. 49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak. 50I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
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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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