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Verse 25. _HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE_] Matthew 10:39, Matthew 10:39;
_and see Clarke "_Luke 14:26_"_. I am about to give up my life for the
salvation of men; but I shall speedily receive it back with
ev...
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HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE ... - This was a favorite principle, a sort of
“axiom” with the Lord Jesus, which he applied to himself as well
as to his followers. See the Matthew 10:39 note; Luke 9:24 note....
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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. (John 12:34 .)
From the c...
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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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HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT.
Then he announces. principle that underlies all exaltation. He gave
his life and found eternal exaltation; the grain gives its life and
lives. hundred fold; tho...
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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LOVETH. Greek. _phileo._ App-135.
LIFE. Greek _psuche._ App-110 and App-170. Compare Matthew 10:39;
Matthew 16:25; Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33.
KEEP. guard, or preserve. Greek. _...
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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 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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ΦΙΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΦΙΛΈΩ (G5368) любить,
ΜΙΣΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΜΙΣΈΩ (G3404)
ненавидеть,
ΦΥΛΆΞΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ (G5442)
охранять, блюсти. Этот гл. означает,
что они вла...
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HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE, &C.— He told them further, that as he,
their Master, was to_suffer_ before his exaltation, so must they, his
disciples, expect the like; for which reason they were to expect
p...
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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
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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He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in
this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT; AND HE THAT HATETH HIS LIFE IN
THIS WORLD S...
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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...
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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 Bethan...
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HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT. — The reading here is
uncertain, and may be, perhaps with slightly more probability is, _He
that loveth his life loses it_ — _i.e.,_ that the loss of life is
not...
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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, S...
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_The Greeks inquire for Jesus_....
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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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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 Gali...
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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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And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man
should be glorified. (24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a
corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:...
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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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25._He who loveth his soul shall destroy it. _To doctrine Christ joins
exhortation; for if we must die in order that we may bring forth
_fruit_, we ought patiently to permit God to mortify us. But as...
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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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HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT,.... The sense is, that whoever
is so in love with this present temporal life, as to be anxiously
careful of it, and takes all precautions to secure it; and rathe...
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He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in
this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Ver. 25. _He that loveth his life_] As Christ loved not his life to
the death for us,...
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_Jesus answered, saying_ This phraseology intimates the suitableness
of the following discourse to this particular occasion; by attending
to which, many of the beauties of it will be discovered. Our L...
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LOVETH HIS LIFE; MATTHEW 10:39; LUKE 9:24.
HATETH HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD; loveth it less than he does spiritual
and eternal life. These words contain a solemn intimation that for
Christ's disciples a...
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The hour 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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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 fr...
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We had much the same in the other evangelists, MATTHEW 10:39 LUKE
14:26. Some think that our Saviour repeateth it here, to show, that as
Christ first suffered, and then entered into his glory; so his...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
draws the soul away gladly from the body, even if it wrench itself
away in its removal. "For he that loveth his life shall lose it, and
he that loseth his life...
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John 12:25 loves G5368 (G5723) his G846 life G5590 lose G622 (G5692)
it G846 and G2532 hates G3404 (G5723) his G846 life G5590 in G1722
this G5129 world G2889 keep G5442 (G5692) it G846 for G1519 eter...
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‘He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this
world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me he must
follow me, and where I am there will my servant be as well. If anyon...
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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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LOSETH IT
(απολλυε αυτην). The second paradox. Present active
indicative of απολλυω. This great saying was spoken at various
times as in Mark 8:35 (Matthew 16:25; Luke 9:24) and Mark 10:39 (Luke
17:...
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WORLD
Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 14:17); (John 14:19);
(John 14:22); (John 14:27); (John 14:30); (John 7:7).
(_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 13:8). _...
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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 ple...
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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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WHOEVER LOVES HIS OWN LIFE WILL LOSE IT. Christ gave his life and was
given great glory. The grain of wheat dies, and lives a hundred
grains. Those who hate [_love less,_ see note _on_ Luke 14:26] the...
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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...
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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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Acts 20:24; Acts 21:13; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Genesis 29:30; Hebrews
11:35; Luke 14:26; Luke 17:33; Luke 9:23; Luke 9:24; Mark 8:35;...
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Life [ψ υ χ η ν]. See on Mark 12:30; Luke 1:46.
Shall lose [α π ο λ ε σ ε ι]. The best texts read ajpolluei,
loseth. See on Luke 9:25.
In this world. This earthly economy, regarded as alien and host...
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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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He that loveth his life — More than the will of God; shall lose it
eternally: and he that hateth his life — In comparison of the will
of God, shall preserve it. Matthew 10:39....