Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
John 12:18
For this cause the people also met Him for that they heard that He had done this miracle
For this cause the people also met Him for that they heard that He had done this miracle
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:1. Also Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. John 12:16...
CHAPTER 12 1. The Feast at Bethany. (John 12:1 .) 2. The Entrance into Jerusalem. (John 12:9 .) 3. The Inquiring Greeks and His Answer. (John 12:20 .) 4. His Final Words. ...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. If the story of Lazarus is historical it is quite probable that people in Jerusalem should come out to Bethany, to satisfy themselves as to what would happen at the Feast, and tha...
FOR THIS CAME ALSO THE PEOPLE MET HIM. Thousands who had not seen the miracle were moved by the story of the eye-witnesses, and eagerly went out to meet him and joined in the acclamations. They could...
On the next day the great crowd that was coming to the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They kept up a shout: "Hosanna...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
FOR THIS CAUSE. on account of (Greek. _dia._ App-104.) this. FOR THAT. because. Greek. _hoti, as in verses:_ 6, 11. MIRACLE. sign. Greek _semeion._ See App-176., and p. 1511....
_this miracle_ -This" is emphatic: other miracles had made comparatively little impression, but this SIGN had convinced even His adversaries....
The Judgment of Men Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the hierarchy, Christ's triumph and the Pharisees" discomfiture,...
ἬΚΟΥΣΑΝ for ἤκουσε (correction for uniformity). 18. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ. Emphatic: other signs had made comparatively little impression; _this_ one had convinced even His enemies. There are two multitudes, one co...
THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE...
THE JUDGMENT OF MEN Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the priests, Christ’s triumph and the Pharisees’ discomfiture, t...
Ver 12. On the next day many people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13. Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bl...
_JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM FOR THE LAST PASSOVER -- JOHN 12:12-19:_ As Jesus entered Jerusalem the people took palm branches and went out to greet him. They shouted, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Isr...
ΎΠΉΝΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΑΝΤΆΩ (G5221) встречать, ΉΚΟΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΠΕΠΟΙΗΚΈΝΑΙ perf _act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ, _см._ John 12:16. _Inf._ в роли дополнения основного...
THE PEOPLE THEREFORE, &C.— Because the forwardness which the multitude now shewed to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah, was altogether extraordinary, the evangelist assigns the cause thereof. The witne...
THY KING COMETH _Text 12:12-19_ 12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 12:12-20 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The passage which is to be before us brings to our notice one of the most remark...
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 19:29....
7 While facing the terrible ordeal of death our Lord found no fellowship with His disciples in the sorrows before Him. Like Peter, they could not entertain such a thought. But it seems that Mary alone...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (see on Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.) The purpose of our Lord's public entry was to testify to the nation and to mankind that He was actually the Messiah promised by the OT...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC MINISTRY 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3, which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36. is different. The supper was at t...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 12 MARY POURS EXPENSIVE *PERFUME OVER JESUS’ FEET 12:1-11 V1 Six (6) days before the *Passover, Jesus returned to Betha...
FOR THIS CAUSE THE PEOPLE — _i.e._ (see last verse), the multitude of John 12:12. FOR THAT THEY HEARD... THIS MIRACLE. — The emphatic form of the sentence points out that the raising of Lazarus was t...
II. _ THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM._ "On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to...
_The triumphal entry into Jerusalem_....
THE TRIBUTE OF THE MULTITUDE John 12:12-19 This multitude of enthusiastic lovers of Christ were principally from Galilee. They had already reached the city, but hearing of His approach they went fort...
The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows of...
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...
II. THE ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM: JOHN 12:12-19. Jesus had striven on every occasion to repress the popular manifestations in His favor (John 6:15; Luke 14:25-33;...
SECOND SECTION: 12:1-36. THE LAST DAYS OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. This section includes three parts: 1. The supper of Jesus at Bethany: John 12:1 to John 11:2. His entry into Jerusalem: John 12:12 to...
“ _The multitude therefore who were with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness to him;_ 18 _and it was for this cause also that the multitude went to mee...
On the next day, much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13) Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
His place (chapter 12) now is with the remnant, where His heart found rest the house of Bethany. We have, in this family, a sample of the true remnant of Israel, three different cases with regard to t...
FOR THIS CAUSE THE PEOPLE ALSO MET HIM,.... This was a principal reason, among others, which induced them to set out in the manner they did, with palm tree branches in their hands, and accost him as t...
For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. Ver. 18. _For this cause also the people met him_] To the Pharisees' extreme grief and regret; to show that...
_The people, therefore_ “Because the forwardness which the multitude now showed to acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah was altogether extraordinary, the evangelist assigns the cause thereof. The witnesse...
Christ rides into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1-16; MARK 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44....
ALSO MET HIM; went out to meet him and accompany him into the city....
A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us (Luke 19:1). These days He spent in ministering mai...
12-19 Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists. Many excellent things, both in the word and providence of God, disciples do not understand at their first acquaintance...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 12:17...
John 12:18 this G5124 reason G1223 people G3793 also G2532 met G5221 (G5656) Him G846 because G3754 heard...
‘The crowd therefore who were with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. This was why the great crowd also went and met him, because they heard he had...
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH (JOHN 12:12). John deals with this subject very succintly. Again he knows that his readers are aware of the facts from the tradition behind the other Gospels, so he...
John 12:17-18. THE MULTITUDE THEREFORE THAT WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS OUT OF THE TOMB AND RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, BARE WITNESS. FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THE MULTITUDE WENT TO MEET HIM, BECAUSE...
Jesus has been doomed to death (John 11:53; John 11:57), and the hour is at hand when He shall be seized, and the sentence executed. But the malice of man cannot interfere with the purposes of God. In...
THE MULTITUDE (ο οχλος). The multitude of verse John 12:13, not the crowd just mentioned that had been with Jesus at the raising of Lazarus. There were two crowds (one following Jesus, one meeting...
John 12:12. On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they beard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bl...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead._ The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting to...
CONTENTS: The supper at Bethany. The triumphal entry. Jesus' answer to Greeks. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Judas, Philip, Andrew, Isaiah, Pharisees. CONCLUSION: The most plen...
John 12:1. _Six days before the passover._ The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day. T...
THAT WAS WHY THE CROWD MET HIM. John explains both the crowd and their attitude as they meet Jesus in the Triumphant Entry....
_These things understood not His disciples at first_ 1. Men may be in the midst of great mercies and actings, and may not only be witnesses of the Lord’s working and the works of others, but even ac...
1-50 CHAPTER 12 Ver. 1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover_, &c. He came from Ephraim, as the Passover was drawing on when He was to die. And He came to Bethany to prepare Himself for it; nay m...
_For_ _this cause the people also met Him, for that they had heard that He had done this miracle._ The people who were present at the raising of Lazarus spread abroad the miracle, affirming that they...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:9. MUCH PEOPLE, ETC.—Not our Lord’s enemies, but members of the pilgrim bands and friendly neighbours from the city. John 12:10. BUT THE CHIEF PRIESTS, ETC.—T...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospel. It...
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. They made him a supper; and Martha served [typical of Martha]: but Laz...
John 12:9...
Met [υ π η ν τ η σ ε ν]. The verb means to go to meet. Hence Rev., went and met....
The multitude went to meet him, because they heard — From those who had seen the miracle. So in a little time both joined together, to go before and to follow him....