προσήλθον aor. ind. act. от προσέρχομαι (G4334) приходить к кому-л., идти к кому-л. ήρώτων impf. ind. act. от έρωτάω (G2065) спрашивать, задавать вопрос,
λέγον· τες praes. act. part. от λέγω, см. John 12:19. ίδεϊν aor. act. inf. от όράω (G3708) видеть. Inf. в роли дополнения к основному гл. θέλομεν.
Verse John 12:21. _THE SAME CAME THEREFORE TO PHILIP_] Some suppose that these Gentiles were of _Phoenicia_ or _Syria_, or perhaps inhabitants of _Decapolis_, near to the lake of _Gennesareth_ and _B...
BETHSAIDA OF GALILEE - See the notes at John 1:44. WOULD SEE JESUS - It is probable that the word “see,” here, implies also a desire to converse with him, or to hear his doctrine about the nature of h...
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 REQUEST OF THE GREEKS. This incident is chosen to illustrate the Lord's consciousness that only through death could the final success of His work be brought about. If it was invented to gain His a...
THE SAME CAME TO PHILIP. In the court of the Gentiles where the Lord then was waiting and "looking around." He observed much that required correction and on the next day, Monday, he again drove out th...
There were some Greeks among those whose practice it was to come up to the feast. Now these came to Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request to him. "Sir, they said, "we wish to...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
PHILIP... OF BETHSAIDA. See App-141. Probably these Greeks were from Galilee (App-169), and, as Philip bore. Greek name, had some acquaintance with him. OF. Greek. _apo._ App-104. DESIRED. prayed. G...
_to Philip_ Their coming to S. Philip was the result either (1) of accident; or (2) of previous acquaintance, to which the mention of his home seems to point; or (3) of his Greek name, which might att...
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,...
ΦΙΛΊΠΠΩΙ] Their coming to S. Philip was the result either (1) of accident; or (2) of previous acquaintance, to which the mention of his home seems to point; or (3) of his Greek name, which might attra...
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 DESIRE OF THE GENTILES AND THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN...
Ver 20. And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast. 21. The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would...
_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...
WE WOULD SEE JESUS.— This transaction appears to have been in the passover-week, when Christ taught daily in the temple, but retired to Bethany in the evening with his disciples. So that by _seeing hi...
THE GREAT PARADOXDEATH FOR LIFE _Text 12:20-26_ 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: 21 these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galil...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 43 John 12:20-36 The following is a suggested Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The end of our Lord’s public ministry had almost been reach...
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. THE SAME CAME THEREFORE TO PHILIP, WHICH WAS OF [OR 'FROM' apo (G575 )] BETH...
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. 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...
JESUS AND THE GREEKS. A dominant idea of this Gospel is universalism. Christ dies for all men, Gentiles as well as Jews, and is, therefore, the Saviour of the world (John 4:22; 1 John 4:14). Appropria...
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...
THE SAME CAME THEREFORE TO PHILIP. — We have no indication of the time when, or of the place where, these words were spoken. St. John alone gives us this incident, and he gives us this incident only,...
III. _ THE CORN OF WHEAT._ "Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: these therefore came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Si...
οὗτοι οὖν προσῆλθον φιλίππῳ, “these came therefore to Philip,” probably because they had learned that he knew their language; or, as indicated in the addition, τῷ … Γαλιλαίας, because they had seen hi...
_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
SACRIFICE A LAW OF LIFE John 12:20-29 These were genuine Greeks. The East came to the manger-bed; the West to the Cross. These men came to Philip probably because of his Greek name. The inarticulate...
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...
THE GREEKS COME TO SEE JESUS John 12:20-36. _“And there were certain Greeks of those having come up that they may worship during the festival; then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galil...
III. THE LAST SCENE IN THE TEMPLE: JOHN 12:20-36. Of all the events which occurred between Palm-day and Thursday evening, the evening before the Passion, John mentions but one, which is omitted by th...
“ _There were certain Greeks among those who went up to Jerusalem to worship at the feast_, 21 _who came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida in Galilee, and made this request of him: Sir, we desire to see...
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 Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. (20) And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the fea...
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...
_A GREAT ASPIRATION_ ‘Sir, we would see Jesus.’ John 12:21 I want to ask you why it is that we should desire to see Jesus. I. HE WISHES US TO SEE HIM.—In the first place, because the whole tenor o...
21._These men therefore went to Philip. _It is an indication of reverence, that they do not address Christ, but are desirous to obtain access through _Philip_; for reverence always begets modesty. The...
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...
THE SAME CAME THEREFORE TO PHILIP,.... Who might know him; they might have been some of his neighbours formerly, for that Philip's parents, though Jews, dwelt among Greeks, seems probable, from the na...
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Ver. 21. _Sir, we would see Jesus_] That is, we would have private conference w...
_And there were certain Greeks_ A prelude of the Gentile Church. The phrase, τινες Ελληνες, here used, signifies properly, as translators have rendered it, _certain Greeks._ But all the Gentiles being...
THE SAME CAME THEREFORE TO PHILIP, WHICH WAS OF BETHSAIDA OF GALILEE, AND DESIRED HIM, SAYING, SIR, WE WOULD SEE JESUS....
THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE HEATHEN. The Greeks apply to the disciples:...
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...
20-26 In attendance upon holy ordinances, particularly the gospel passover, the great desire of our souls should be to see Jesus; to see him as ours, to keep up communion with him, and derive grace f...
If these Grecians (as is probable) were Syrophenicians, their country was so near to Bethsaida of Galilee, which was Philip's town, that it is probable they might have some knowledge of him, and that...
John 12:21 Then G3767 they G3778 came G4334 (G5656) Philip G5376 was G575 Bethsaida G966 Galilee G1056 and...
LIFE COMES THROUGH HIS DEATH (JOHN 12:20). ‘Now among those who went up to worship at the Feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we...
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...
John 12:21. THESE CAME THEREFORE TO PHILIP, WHICH WAS OF BETHSAIDA OF GALILEE, AND ASKED HIM SAYING, SIR, WE WOULD SEE JESUS. To suppose that their object is to ask Jesus to institute a mission to the...
TO PHILIP WHICH WAS OF BETHSAIDA OF GALILEE (Φιλιππω τω απο Βηθσαιδα της Γαλιλαιας). He had a Greek name and the Greeks may have seen Philip in Galilee where there were many Greeks, probably (Mark...
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...
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....
Our Lord had raised Lazarus from the dead, and this miracle had excited great attention in Jerusalem. In consequence of this, the people had led him in triumph through the streets, and everywhere ther...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SIR, WE WANT TO SEE JESUS. They want an interview with the one whom all Jerusalem is talking about! [Philip probably spoke the Greek language.]...
_And there came certain Greeks;…the same came therefore to Philip … saying, Sir, we would see Jesus_ THE INCIDENT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE These Greeks belonged to those numerous Gentiles who, like the...
SEEING JESUS Sir, we would see Jesus. John 12:21. Have you ever stood in the streets of a great city and watched the crowds surging past? Have you ever wondered where these people came from, what th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:21 BETHSAIDA was just northeast of where the Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee from the north. ⇐...
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...
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...
_The same came therefore to Philip_ (the Apostle), _who_ _was of Bethsaida_, &c. They went to Philip, in preference to the other Apostles, either because he was known to them, or was the first they me...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:20. Certain Greeks coming with a desire to see Him gave our Lord an opportunity of pointing to His atoning work as the hope of salvation for all men, _i.e._ 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 1:36; John 1:43; John 14:8; John 14:9; John 6:40;...
THE HOUR IS COME John 12:20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in our opening verses that the Greeks who had come up to the feast desired to see Jesus. They told Philip, Philip told Andrew, and then Andrew...
These came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee — Perhaps they used to lodge there, in their journey to Jerusalem. Or they might believe, a Galilean would be more ready to serve them herein, than a Jew....