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...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS CONSULTED..... PUT LAZARUS TO DEATH. Lazarus was. living testimonial to the divine power of Christ and they desired to get him out of the way....
The mob of the Jews knew that Jesus was there; and they came, not only because of Jesus, but to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. The chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because ma...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
BY REASON OF. on account of. Greek. _dia,_ as in John 12:8. WENT AWAY. withdrew: i.e. from the chief priests' faction. BELIEVED ON. See App-150....
_went away, and believed_ Better, WERE GOING AWAY AND BELIEVING. It is best to leave -going away" quite indefinite: the notion of falling away from the hierarchy lies in the context but not in the wor...
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,...
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...
THE HOSTILITY OF THE PRIESTS...
ὙΠΗ͂ΓΟΝ … ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΟΝ. The imperfects express a continual process: WERE GOING AWAY AND BELIEVING. It is best to leave ‘going away’ quite indefinite; the idea of falling away from the hierarchy lies in t...
Ver 1. Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2. There they made him a supper: and Martha served: but Lazarus was...
_JESUS WAS ANOINTED AT BETHANY -- JOHN 12:1-11:_ Jesus often visited Bethany, the home of His friends Lazarus, Martha and Mary. This visit was special because Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the gr...
MUCH PEOPLE OF THE JEWS THEREFORE— Bethany being within two miles of Jerusalem, the news of the arrival of Jesus soon reached the city, and drew out great numbers of the citizens; for they had a lauda...
AN ACT OF LOVEWITH OMINOUS OVERTONES _Text 12:1-11_ 1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. 2 So they made him a supper...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 12:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which we are about to study:— What is recorded in John 12 occurred during the last week before our Lord’s death. In...
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. BECAUSE THAT BY REASON OF HIM MANY OF THE JEWS WENT AWAY, AND BELIEVED ON JESUS. Crowds of the Jews of Jerusalem has...
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...
12:11 on (d-13) _ Eis_ . see Note, 2 Timothy 1:12 ....
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...
WENT AWAY] i.e. apostatised....
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...
MANY OF THE JEWS WENT AWAY, AND BELIEVED ON JESUS. — Better, _were going away, and believing on Jesus._ The tenses mark the continuance of the secession, and the two words mark the two acts by which o...
I. _ THE ANOINTING OF JESUS._ "Jesus therefore six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. So they made Him a supper there: and Martha served; but...
LOVE'S FRAGRANT GIFT John 12:1-11 Martha's service reminds us of Luke 10:41. The earlier Gospels (Matthew 26:1-75; Mark 14:1-72) do not mention Mary's name, probably because the whole family might ha...
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...
ARRIVAL AT BETHANY John 11:55-57; John 12:1; John 12:9-11. Jesus, having spent Saturday night at the house of Zaccheus, the following day travels to Bethany, twenty miles, all the way ascending the gr...
“ _A great multitude therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus also whom he had raised from the dead._ 10. _But the chi...
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...
I. THE SUPPER AT BETHANY: JOHN 12:1-11. In the presence of the great struggle of whose approach every one has a presentiment, the devotion of the friends of Jesus becomes loftier; by way of counter-st...
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. (2) There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one...
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...
BECAUSE THAT BY REASON OF HIM,.... Of the miracle which was wrought upon him, in raising him from the dead, of which he was a living and an abiding witness: MANY OF THE JEWS WENT AWAY; not from Jerus...
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. Ver. 11. _Because that by reason of him_] This was it that embittered the Pharisees, as it doth now their successors t...
_Much people knew he was there, and came_ Bethany being within two miles of Jerusalem, the news of his arrival soon reached the city, and drew out great numbers of the people; for they wished to see t...
BY REASON OF HIM; his presence was a standing proof that Jesus, who had raised him from the dead, was the Messiah....
People come for the sake of Lazarus:...
BECAUSE THAT BY REASON OF HIM MANY OF THE JEWS WENT AWAY AND BELIEVED ON JESUS. In the course of the same evening, while Jesus was still in Bethany, many Jews came out from Jerusalem. The news of His...
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...
1-11 Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not leave off serving, as some, who when found fault with for going too far in one way, peevishly run too far...
Being raised from death to life, he possibly spake of it to the honour and glory of God; for this they consult to put him to death also; and their only reason was, _because that many of the Jews belie...
John 12:11 because G3754 account G1223 him G846 many G4183 Jews G2453 away G5217 (G5707) and G2532 believed...
MANY SHOW INTEREST IN JESUS AND LAZARUS (JOHN 12:9). ‘When the great crowd of the Judaisers learned that he was there, they came, not only because of Jesus, but also in order to see Lazarus whom he...
John 12:10-11. BUT THE CHIEF PRIESTS CONSULTED THAT THEY MIGHT PUT LAZARUS ALSO TO DEATH; BECAUSE THAT BY REASON OF HIM MANY OF THE JEWS WENT AWAY, AND BELIEVED IN JESUS. When the rulers found that ev...
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...
BECAUSE THAT (οτ). Causal use of οτ.BY REASON OF HIM (δι' αυτον). "Because of him," regular idiom, accusative case with δια.WENT AWAY (υπηγον). Cf. John 6:67 for this verb. Inchoative imperfect...
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...
SO THE CHIEF PRIESTS MADE PLANS TO KILL LAZARUS TOO. Lazarus was living proof of the divine power of Jesus....
_Much people of the Jews therefore knew that He was there._ LEARN 1. Where Christ pleaseth to make Himself known, He will get respect and followers, were there never so much hazard and opposition in...
_Then Jesus six days before the Passover._ --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX;_ The Sabbath_. Six days before the Passover, Jesus sups with Lazar...
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...
_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...
Acts 13:45; James 3:14; John 11:45; John 11:48; John 12:18;...
Went away [υ π η γ ο ν]. Withdrew from their company. 12 - 19. Compare Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44....
MARY ANOINTING HER LORD John 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now coming to the close of the life of our Master presenting the third of three Bible scenes centering around Martha, Mary, and Lazarus....