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Verse 46. _I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD_] Probably referring to
what his forerunner had said, John 1:5. Before the coming of this
Saviour, this sun of righteousness, into the world, all was darkn...
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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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FINAL SUMMARY OF JESUS-' PUBLIC TEACHING. This summing up of what was
most important in the teaching of Jesus throws interesting light on
the author's method of recording the speeches. Belief in Jesus...
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AM COME. LIGHT INTO THE WORLD.
It was the office of Christ to make all things clear. His mission and
person illuminate the mysteries of our being and destiny when they are
seen in their fulness. In ma...
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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Jesus cried and said: "He who believes in me does not believe in me,
but in him who sent me. And he who looks upon me, looks upon him who
sent me. It was as light that I came into the world, that ever...
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I AM COME, &c. Compare John 8:12....
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_I am come_ Emphatic; -I and none other." Comp. John 12:35; John 8:12;
John 9:5.
_abide in darkness_ Till the Light comes, all are in darkness; the
question remains whether they will remain so _after...
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The Judgment of Christ
The Evangelist has just summed up the results of Christ's ministry
(37 43). He now corroborates that estimate by Quoting Christ Himself.
But as John 12:36 seems to give us the...
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ἘΓῺ ΦΩ͂Σ. _I_, with great emphasis, _am come as light_ (John
12:35-36; John 8:12; John 9:5). ἽΝΑ, of the Divine purpose. Till
the Light comes all are in darkness ...
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THE JUDGMENT OF CHRIST
The Evangelist has just summed up the results of Christ’s ministry
(37–43). He now corroborates that estimate by quoting Christ
Himself. But as John 12:36 seems to give us the c...
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Ver 44. Jesus cried and said, He that believes in me, believes not on
me, but on him that sent me. 45. And he that sees me sees him that
sent me. 46. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever b...
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_JESUS CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD -- JOHN 12:44-50:_ Jesus spoke of faith
in God saying, "He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on
him that sent me." Jesus mission was to cause people to belie...
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ΈΛΉΛΥΘΑ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064)
приходить. _Perf._ акцентирует прошлое
действие и длительные текущие
результаты.
ΜΕΊΝΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306)
оставаться. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443)...
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I AM COME A LIGHT, &C.— "I am _the light of the world, s_ent down
from heaven, to dispel the darkness of ignorance, superstition, and
wickedness, and to reveal the will of my Father, and the way to
et...
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THE IMPERATIVE WORDS
_Text 12:44-50_
44
And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on
me, but on him that sent me.
45
And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me.
4...
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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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I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me
should not abide in darkness.
I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON ME
SHOULD NOT ABIDE IN DARKNESS....
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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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12:46 on (b-14) _ Eis_ . see ver. 11....
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Cp. John 8:12; John 9:5; John 9:39 etc....
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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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JUDGMENT OF JESUS UPON THEIR UNBELIEF. He refuses to condemn them
formally (John 12:47), because His First Coming was not to judge, but
to save. Yet He adds that in the Last Day they will be self-cond...
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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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I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD... — (Comp. Note on John 12:35 and
John 3:19; John 8:12; John 9:5;...
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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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ἐγὼ φῶς … μείνῃ. “I am come into the world as
light,” and in the connection, especially as light upon God and His
relation to men. The purpose of His coming was to deliver men from
their native darkne...
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_A summary of the teaching of Jesus regarding the nature and
consequences of faith and unbelief_....
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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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SUPREMACY OF THE WORD
John 12:44-50. _“And Jesus cried out and said, He that believeth on
Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me; and he that seeth
Me, seeth Him that sent Me.”_ In this affi...
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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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“ _Now Jesus cried, saying, He that believes on me, believes not on
me, but on him that sent me;_ 45 _and he that beholds me, beholds him
that sent me;_ 46 _I am come as a light into the world, that w...
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II. THE CONSEQUENCES OF FAITH AND UNBELIEF: JOHN 12:44-50.
Israel was not only blinded with reference to the signs; it was deaf
as regarded the testimonies which accompanied them, and this is what
fin...
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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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46._I am come into the worm as a light. _In order to render his
disciples more bold and persevering, he proceeds still farther in
maintaining the certainty of faith. And, first, he testifies that _he...
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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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I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD,.... And even as the light of it,
being the sun of righteousness, that was to arise, and now was risen,
to enlighten men with the light of the living; see John 3:19;...
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I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me
should not abide in darkness.
Ver. 46. _I am come a light into the world_] Not by participation only
(as the apostles were the lights...
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_Jesus_ On some occasion or other, soon after this, in order to
strengthen the faith of those timid and diffident disciples (if such
they could be called) last mentioned, and to inspire them with
cour...
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I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON ME
SHOULD NOT ABIDE IN DARKNESS....
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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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44-50 Our Lord publicly proclaimed, that every one who believed on
him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the
Father who sent him. Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father,...
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I AM COME A LIGHT INTO THE WORLD; this is no more than what our
Saviour hath often said, 1 THESSALONIANS 3:19, and 1 THESSALONIANS
9:5; and it was according to the prophecy of him, Isaiah 42:6
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John 12:46 I G1473 come G2064 (G5754) light G5457 into G1519 world
G2889 that G3363 whoever G3956 believes...
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‘I have come as light into the world so that whoever believes in me
may not remain in darkness.'
With the coming of Jesus light has come into the world (compare John
1:5), a light that reveals the glo...
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A FINAL SUMMARY OF HIS TEACHING (JOHN 12:44).
John is now concerned that the last that we hear of Jesus before the
hours leading up to His crucifixion will be the essence of His
message, a message th...
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John 12:46. AS LIGHT I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD, THAT EVERY ONE THAT
BELIEVETH IN ME MAY NOT ABIDE IN THE DARKNESS. Here we have the
substance of the Saviour's last words to the multitude (John 12:35-...
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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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I AM COME A LIGHT
(Εγω φως εληλυθα). As in John 3:19; John 9:5; John 8:12;
John 12:35. Final clause (negative) also here (ινα μη μεινη,
first aorist active subjunctiv...
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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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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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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 12:20 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 John 1:1; 1 John 2:8; 1 John 2:9; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 5:14;...