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JOHN 12:43 h;per
The comparative particle h;per, which occurs only here in the New
Testament, is attested by î75 A B D G D P _al_. It was altered to the
much more usual...
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Verse 43. _THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN_] δοξαν, the _glory_ or
_honour_ that cometh from men.
How common are these four obstacles of faith! says Quesnel:
1. Too great a regard to men.
2. Riches an...
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THE PRAISE OF MEN - The approval of human beings. It does not appear
that they had a living, active faith, but that they were convinced in
their understanding that he was the Messiah. They had that ki...
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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. ...
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FAILURE IN JUDÆ A. The many signs have failed to convince. The author
explains this by the prediction in Isaiah 53:1, the arm of the Lord
being interpreted of Messiah. And the ultimate cause is also d...
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NEVERTHELESS AMONG THE CHIEF RULERS MANY BELIEVED ON HIM.
These were members of the Sanhedrim. They had an intellectual faith,
but it was not. power over their hearts. "With the heart man believes
unt...
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Nevertheless many of the rulers believed in him, but they did not
publicly confess their faith for they did not wish to be
excommunicated; for they loved the glory of men rather than the glory
of God....
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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LOVED. Greek. _agapao._ App-135.
PRAISE. glory. Same word as in John 12:41.
MEN. Greek _anthropos._ App-123.
GOD. App-98....
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_the praise of men_&c. Better, _the_ GLORY (_that cometh_) FROM _men
rather than the_ GLORY (_that cometh_) from _God_(see on John 5:41;
John 5:44). The word rendered -praise" is the same as that rend...
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The Judgment of the Evangelist
S. John here sums up the results of the ministry which has just come
to a close. Their comparative poverty is such that he can explain it
in no other way than as an ill...
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ΤῊΝ ΔΌΞΑΝ Τ. ἈΝΘΡ. _THE_ GLORY (_that cometh_) _from
men rather than the_ GLORY (_that cometh_) _from God_ (see on John
5:41; John 5:44). Joseph and Nicodemus confessed their belief after
the crisis o...
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THE JUDGMENT OF THE EVANGELIST
S. John here sums up the results of the ministry which has just come
to a close. Their comparative poverty is such that he can explain it
in no other way than as an ill...
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Ver 37. But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they
believed not on him: 38. That the saying of Isaiah the prophet might
be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our repo...
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_SOME GREEKS WANTED TO SEE JESUS -- JOHN 12:20-43:_ Some Greeks had
gone to Jerusalem to worship during Passover. They said to Philip,
"Sir, we would see Jesus." Philip told Andrew and together they t...
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ΉΓΆΠΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΓΑΠΆΩ (G25)
любить,
ΤΉΝ ΔΌΞΑΝ ΤΏΝ ΑΝΘΡΏΠΩΝ слава
человеческая. О термине "слава
человеческая" в свитках Мертвого моря
_см._ 1Q 4:23. _Gen._ указывает на источник
славы....
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DISCOURSE: 1676
THE DANGER OF LOVING THE PRAISE OF MEN
John 12:42. _Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on
him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they
sho...
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A PERPETUAL PROPHECY
_Text 12:37-43_
37
But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed
not on him:
38
that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spake,...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 12:37-50
The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 12:—
"These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from
them" (John 12:36)...
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For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD. A
severe remark, as Webster and Wilkinson justly observe, considering
th...
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37 What better proof could be found that they were walking in darkness
than their rejection of the Man of Sorrows? The prophets plainly
foretold their action and yet they are too much in the dark to s...
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12:43 God. (e-11) Lit. 'the glory of men ... the glory of God.'...
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CAUSE OF THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS. At first they could believe, but
refused. By and by they became incapable of it. In this too common
experience St. John sees the judgment of God: cp. Romans 9-11....
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They loved to be honoured by men, more than to be honoured by God....
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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...
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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...
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FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD. — For
“praise” read in both instances _glory._ “The glory which comes
from men more than the glory which came from God.” Comp. Note on
Joh...
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V. _ RESULTS OF CHRIST'S MANIFESTATION._
"But though He had done so many signs before them, yet they believed
not on Him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Lord,...
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In the verses which follow, John 12:37-43, _John accounts for the
unbelief of the Jews_. This fact that the very people who had been
appointed to accept the Messiah had rejected Jesus needed explanati...
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THE COMMANDMENT OF THE FATHER
John 12:42-50
The fear of being cast out of the synagogue was a very real one, John
9:22; and the yoke laid on Israel by the Pharisees was a very crushing
one. Only a ve...
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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...
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_For they loved the glory of men. This was one of the chief obstacles
of their belief: yet many even of the chief of them believed in him;
but durst not own it for fear of being disgraced, and turned...
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COWARDICE OF THE RULERS
John 12:42-43. _“Moreover, indeed, many of the rulers believed on
Him; but did not confess Him on account of the Pharisees, in order
that they might not be put out of the synag...
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I. THE CAUSES OF JEWISH UNBELIEF: JOHN 12:37-43.
If the Jews are the chosen people, prepared of God to the end of
receiving the Messiah and of carrying salvation to other nations,
ought they not to ha...
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THIRD SECTION: 12:37-50. RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT THE MYSTERIOUS FACT
OF JEWISH UNBELIEF.
This passage forms the close of the second part of the Gospel (John
12:1-36). The evangelist interrupts his nar...
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“ _It is true, nevertheless, that, even among the rulers, many
believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess
their faith, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;_ 43 _for
th...
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The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ
abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted
up? who is this Son of man? (35) Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a...
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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...
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43._For they loved the glory of men. _The Evangelist expressly states
that those men were not guided by any superstition, but only
endeavored to avoid disgrace among men; for if ambition had greater
i...
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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...
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FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN,.... To be in the esteem of men, to
have their applause, and receive honour from them:
MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD; than either to receive honour from him,
and be pra...
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For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Ver. 43. _They loved the praise of men_] Which what is it else but a
little stinking breath? These have their reward, _Mercedem suam, non...
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_Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also many believed on him_
Though the greater part of those to whom Christ preached rejected him,
his sermons were not wholly unsuccessful; for a number of the ch...
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FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD....
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OF FAITH IN CHRIST AND GOD. John 12:42...
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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...
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37-43 Observe the method of conversion implied here. Sinners are
brought to see the reality of Divine things, and to have some
knowledge of them. To be converted, and truly turned from sin to
Christ,...
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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V
When we are persecuted, let us not think it strange; let us not love
the present world, nor the praises which come from men, nor the glory
and honour of rule...
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John 12:43 for G1063 loved G25 (G5656) praise G1391 men G444 more
G3123 than G2260 praise G1391 God...
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‘Nevertheless many, even of the authorities, believed in (eis) him,
but because they were afraid of the Pharisees they did not confess it
in case they were put out of the synagogue, for they loved the...
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John 12:43. BECAUSE THEY LOVED THE GLORY OF MEN MORE THAN THE GLORY OF
GOD. It may seem at first sight as if these words were inconsistent
with those of chap. John 5:44, and the apparent inconsistency...
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The public ministry of Jesus has been brought to a close, and the
moment has been marked by words the melancholy pathos of which can
hardly be mistaken, ‘Having gone away, He was hidden from then'
(Jo...
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John 12:43
I. It is an obvious question, Why is it wrong to love the praise of
men? For it may be objected, that we are accustomed to educate the
young by means of praise and blame; that we encourage...
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John 12:37. _But though he had done so many miracles before then, yet
they believed not on him._
They had an opportunity of seeing with their eyes; what the Christ
could do. He had even raised the de...
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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...
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Our Lord raised Lazarus from the dead; and this miracle made a great
sensation among the people. They came to meet Jesus, waving palm
branches before him, and all Jerusalem was on a stir.
John 12:19....
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John 12:20. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to
worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would...
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Our Lord had gained a sudden popularity through raising Lazarus from
the dead, and the people had attended him with great enthusiasm as he
rode through the streets of Jerusalem. For the time, things l...
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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...
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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...
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_But though He had done so many miracles … yet they believed not on
Him_
OUR LORD’S MINISTRY
I. ITS DETAILS.
1. The doctrines He taught (John 12:44). These words are an abridged
statement of our Lor...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:42 SYNAGOGUE. Synagogues usually had large
rooms with bench seating along the wall. See note on Luke 4:16....
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:20 These verses conclude the first major part
of John’s Gospel, which narrates Jesus’ mission to the Jews. The
arrival of some Greeks signals to Jesus that the mission exclusively...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 12:37. The Evangelist’s statement of the causes of Jewish
unbelief, and of the timidity of many who believed, which prevented
them confessing Christ.
John 12:37...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Samuel
2:30
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Praise [δ ο ξ α ν]. Much better, Rev., glory, because suggesting
a contrast with the vision of divine glory referred to in ver. 41.
Compare John 5:44.
Than [η π ε ρ] The word cannot be rendered by a...