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Verse 30. _THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT FOR YOUR_ _SAKES._]
Probably meaning those _Greeks_ who had been brought to him by Philip
and Andrew. The Jews had frequent opportunities of seeing h...
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CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME - Not to strengthen or confirm me; not that I
had any doubts about my course, or any apprehension that God would not
approve me and glorify his name.
FOR YOUR SAKES - To give y...
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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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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...
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THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME.
He had already won the victory before the voice came. It was rather to
confirm the faith of his disciples who still stumbled over the
prospect of his death....
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"Now, my soul is troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, rescue me
from this hour.' But it was for this reason that I came to this hour.
Father, glorify your name." A voice came from heaven: "I have...
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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_Jesus answered_ He answered their discussions about the sound, and by
calling it a voice He decides conclusively against those who supposed
it to be thunder. But those who recognised that it was a vo...
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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,...
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THE DESIRE OF THE GENTILES AND THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN...
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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...
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ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ. He answered their discussions about the sound, and
by calling it a voice He decides conclusively against those who
supposed it to be thunder. But those who recognised that it was a
voice wer...
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27. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me
from this hour? But for this cause came I to this hour. 28. Father,
glorify your name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I...
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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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ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ
(G611) отвечать,
ΓΈΓΟΝΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John
12:29....
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THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME, &C.— Dr. Heylin renders this
better, _This voice came not for my sake, but for yours._ It is
literally, _This voice came not for me, but for you—"_not to assure
_me_...
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THE MAGNETIC CROSS
_Text 12:27-36_
27
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from
this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.
28
Father, glorify thy name. There c...
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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...
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Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for
your sakes.
JESUS ANSWERED, THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT FOR YOUR SAKES
- [ ou (G3756) di' (G1223) eme (G1691), al...
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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...
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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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THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT FOR YOUR SAKES. — More
exactly, _not for My sake did this voice come, but for your sakes._
These words are an answer to the thoughts, spoken and unspoken, of the...
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IV. _ THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE OF THE CROSS._
"Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from
this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify
Thy name. There came...
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_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
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Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς. Jesus, hearing these
conjectures, explained to them that not on His account but on theirs
this voice had been uttered. It was of immense importance that the
disciples, and the peopl...
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BELIEF MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
John 12:30-41
The question of the Greeks led our Lord's thoughts to His death. He
saw, too, the baptism of suffering through which His followers must
pass. From all this...
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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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(7) Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but
for your sakes.
(7) Christ foretells to the deaf the manner of his death, the
overcoming of the devil and the world, and in conclus...
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As the soul of Christ was troubled, not on his own account, but for
the sake of the people; so this voice came from heaven, not for his
sake, but for that of the people. What it announced was already...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“ _Jesus answered and said: Not for my sake has this voice made
itself heard, but for your sakes._ 31. _Now is the judgment of this
world;now shall the prince of this world be cast out._ 32. _And I,
w...
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Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from
this hour, but for this cause came I unto this hour. (28) Father,
glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I h...
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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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30._This voice came not for my sake. _Had Christ no need of being
strengthened, or did the Father care less for him than for us? But we
must attend to this principle. As it was on our account that Chr...
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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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JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID,.... To the people that stood by, and were
disputing among themselves about what they heard, whether it was
thunder, or the voice of an angel:
THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF M...
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Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for
your sakes.
Ver. 30. _But for your sakes_] That ye might believe; which if ye do
not, how shall ye escape that neglect so great sal...
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_Father, glorify thy name_ Whatever I suffer. For this may be
considered as a further expression of his resignation, importing that
he was willing to submit to whatever the Father should judge necessa...
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FOR YOUR SAKES; that you might have this additional evidence that I am
the Son of God, and always do that with which he is well pleased....
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JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, THIS VOICE CAME NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT FOR
YOUR SAKES....
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The manner of Christ's glorification:...
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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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27-33 The sin of our souls was the troubled of Christ's soul, when he
undertook to redeem and save us, and to make his soul an offering for
our sin. Christ was willing to suffer, yet prayed to be sav...
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This voice came not to instruct me, I very well knew, before it came,
that my Father had glorified his own name, and would do it again; it
came not principally nor solely for me, but chiefly to confir...
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Tertullian Against Praxeas
her hand, how is it that the Father made a promise to Himself, by
making it to the Son, since the Father was the Son? Were we even to
maintain that they are two separate god...
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John 12:30 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036
(G5627) This G3778 voice G5456 not...
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‘Jesus answered and said, “This voice occurred not for my sake,
but for your sake”.'
Jesus then explained to them the purpose of the voice from Heaven. It
was true that His Father had spoken to Him fo...
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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...
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John 12:30. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, NOT FOR MY SAKE HATH THIS VOICE
COME, BUT FOR YOUR SAKES. He needed not the voice, for he knew that He
was one with the Father, and that He was carrying out the Fa...
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NOT FOR MY SAKE, BUT FOR YOUR SAKES
(ου δι' εμε, αλλα δι' υμας). These words seem to
contradict verses John 12:28; John 12:29. Bernard suggests an
interpolation into the words of Jesus. But why not...
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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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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 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...
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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 12:12. 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...
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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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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 FOR YOURS. The Expositor's Greek Testament says: "It was of
immense importance that the disciples, and the people generally,
should understand that the sudden transition from the throne offered
by...
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_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...
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_Father, glorify Thy name_
THE GLORIFIED NAME
1_._
One important aspect of Christian life is the imitation of Christ. But
this is not necessarily doing the same things that Christ did, but
involves...
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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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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...
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_Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of Me, but for
your sakes._ In order that ye may believe in Me, and be saved. I need
not this voice for my own sake, for I am the Word of the Fath...
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_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...
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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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2 Corinthians 8:9; John 11:15; John 11:42; John 5:34...
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For my sake. Emphatic in the Greek order. It is not for my sake that
this voice hath come....
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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...