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Verse John 12:20. _CERTAIN GREEKS_] There are three opinions
concerning these:
1. That they were _proselytes_ of the _gate_ or _covenant_, who came
up to worship the true God at this feast.
2. That...
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CERTAIN GREEKS - In the original, “some Hellenists” - -the name
commonly given to the Greeks. The same name was commonly used by the
Jews to denote all the pagan nations, because most of those whom th...
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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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AND THERE WERE CERTAIN GREEKS AMONG THEM THAT CAME UP TO WORSHIP AT
THE FEAST.
A remarkable circumstance is related. The Passover feast was for the
Jews, and those who came there to worship were of th...
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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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...
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AND, &c. This was the third day before the Passover, 12th of Nisan,
our Sunday sunset to Monday sunset.
GREEKS. Greek. _Hellenes:_ i.e. Gentiles, not Greek-speaking Jews, or
Grecians (Acts 6:1; John...
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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
20. _Greeks_ The same word is translated -Gentiles" John 7:35, where
see note. Care must be taken to distinguish in the N.T. between
_Hellenes_or -...
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THE DESIRE OF THE GENTILES AND THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN...
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ἜΛΛΗΝΕΣ. In A.V. translated ‘Gentiles’ John 7:35 (where
see note), and ‘Greeks’ here. Care must be taken to distinguish in
the N.T. between _Hellenes_ or ‘Greeks,’ i.e. born Gentiles, who
may or may n...
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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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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...
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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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ΈΛΛΗΝ (G1672) грек; греки по
происхождению (Schnackenburg) или те, кто по
происхождению не были иудеями (Barrett).
ΆΝΑΒΑΙΝΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_
ΑΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подходить,
ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΉΣΩΣΙΝ...
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AND THERE WERE CERTAIN GREEKS— After the conquest of Darius by
Alexander, all his successors of different nations were called
_Greeks,_ whence came the name of "the Grecian monarchy," otherwise
called...
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THE GREAT PARADOXDEATH FOR LIFE
_Text 12:20-26_
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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...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 12:12-20
The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before
us:—
The passage which is to be before us brings to our notice one of the
most remark...
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And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at
the feast:
AND [OR, 'NOW' de (G1161 )] THERE WERE CERTAIN GREEKS, [ Helleenes
(G1672)] - not Grecian Jews [ Helleenistai ...
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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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12:20 worship (h-14) _ Proskuneo_ . see Matthew 4:10 ....
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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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AND THERE WERE CERTAIN GREEKS. — Comp. Note on John 7:35, where we
have the same word in the original, and Acts 6:1; Acts 9:29; and Acts
11:20. They were not Hellenists, i
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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...
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_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
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Ἦσαν δέ τινες Ἔλληνες ἐκ τῶν
ἀναβαινόντων … Among the crowds who came up to worship
in the feast were some Greeks; not Hellenists, but men of pure Greek
extraction; proselytes belonging to Decapolis,...
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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...
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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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And there were certain Greeks among them that (a) came up to worship
at the feast:
(a) After the solemn custom: the Greeks were first so called by the
name of the country of Greece, where they lived:...
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_Gentiles... come up to adore. These either were proselytes who had
been Gentiles, and now had embraced the Jewish law: or they were such
among the Gentiles, who owned and served the one true God, as...
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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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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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“ _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...
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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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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...
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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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20._Now there were some Greeks. _I do not think that they were
Gentiles or uncircumcised, because immediately afterwards it follows
that they came _to worship_. Now it was strictly prohibited by the
R...
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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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AND THERE WERE CERTAIN GREEKS,.... "Hellenes", so called, from Hellen,
a king of that name, as Pliny says r These were not Graecizing Jews,
or Jews that dwelt in Greece, and spoke the Greek language;...
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And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at
the feast:
Ver. 20. _Greeks_] That is, proselytes or transmarine Jews, that read
the Greek version, and were called Hellenists....
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_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...
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CERTAIN GREEKS; that is, as the original word implies, Gentiles using
the Greek language. The word should be distinguished from, "Grecians,"
Acts 6:1; ACTS 9:29, who are Jews by birth or descent, usin...
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THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE HEATHEN.
The Greeks apply to the disciples:...
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AND THERE WERE CERTAIN GREEKS AMONG THEM THAT CAME UP TO WORSHIP AT
THE FEAST....
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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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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...
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OLBGrk;
It is not easy to be determined what these GREEKS were; whether Jews,
who, being scattered in the Grecian country upon the conquests which
the Grecians had made upon the Jews under Alexander t...
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A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity
Or when the voice from heaven is: "I have both glorified Him, and I
will glorify Him again? "[205]...
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John 12:20 Now G1161 were G2258 (G5713) certain G5100 Greeks G1672
among G1537 up G305 (G5723) to...
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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...
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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 12:20. AND THERE WERE SOME GREEKS FROM AMONG THEM THAT CAME UP TO
WORSHIP AT THE FEAST. A third illustration of the homage paid to
Jesus. The account is given by John alone, and the time is left...
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CERTAIN GREEKS
(Hελληνες τινες). Real Greeks, not Greek-speaking Jews
(Hellenists, Acts 6:1), but Greeks like those in Antioch (Acts 11:20,
correct text προς τους Hελληνας) to whom Barnabas was
sent...
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John 12:20 , JOHN 12:23
I. "The hour is come." The culminating hour of His life, that hour
which is to explain all that has happened, to reveal all that is
unknown. "It behoved Him thus to suffer, and...
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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 12:1. _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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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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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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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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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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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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SOME GREEKS. These are Gentiles who have converted to Judaism. [Not
Greek-speaking Jews, as in Acts 6:1.] They had come to worship in
Passover....
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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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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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_And there were certain Greeks_, &c. Some strangely suppose these to
have been Jews who lived among the Gentiles, when S. John expressly
says that they were Gentiles. These were partly proselytes, who...
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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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1 Kings 8:41; Acts 14:1; Acts 16:1; Acts 17:4; Acts 20:21;...
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Greeks (%Ellhnev). Gentiles, not Hellenists. See on Acts 6:1. Jesus
comes into contact with the Gentile world at His birth (the Magi) and
at the close of His ministry....
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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...
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Certain Greeks — A prelude of the Gentile Church. That these were
circumcised does not appear. But they came up on purpose to worship
the God of Israel....