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Verse 36. _CHILDREN OF LIGHT_] Let the light, the truth of Christ, so
dwell in and work by you that ye may be all light in the Lord: that as
truly as a child is the produce of his own parent, and part...
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WHILE YE HAVE LIGHT - This implied two things:
1.That he was the light, or was the Messiah.
2.That he was soon to be taken away by death.
In this manner he answered their question - not directly, b...
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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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BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT, THAT YE MAY BE THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT.
That they might receive the light of the light of the world they must
believe on him. Unbelief closed their spiritual eyes to his words.
Un...
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LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
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IN. on. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
BE. become,
CHILDREN. sons. App-108.
DID HIDE HIMSELF. was hidden.
FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.
THEM: i, e. the Greeks of John 12:20. Compare Matthew 10:...
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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 34. THE PEOPLE ANSWERED HIM, WE HAVE HEARD OUT OF THE LAW THAT
CHRIST ABIDES FOR EVER: AND HOW SAY YOU, 'THE SON OF MAN MUST BE
LIFTED UP?' WHO IS THIS SON OF MAN?" 35. THEN JESUS SAID TO THEM, "Y...
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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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ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100)
верить,
ΥΙΟΊ ΦΩΤΌΣ "сыны света". Это принятое в
свитках Мертвого моря выражение,
обозначающее тех, кто преданно
следует за Богом и живет в правильных...
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DISCOURSE: 1675
THE DUTY OF WALKING IN THE LIGHT
John 12:35. _Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye
have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in
darkness know...
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THE PEOPLE ANSWERED HIM,— The people, on hearing Jesus affirm that
he was to be lifted up, told him, that was inconsistent with the
character of the Messiah, who, according to the _law,_ (so they name...
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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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While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the
children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did
hide himself from them.
WHILE YE HAVE ('THE') LIGHT, BELIEVE IN THE...
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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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12:36 in (b-7) _ Eis_ . see ver. 11....
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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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WHILE YE HAVE LIGHT, BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT. — Better, as above,
_According as ye have the light._ The words are repeated and placed in
the most emphatic position in the sentence.
THAT YE MAY BE THE CH...
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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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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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While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the (g)
children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did
hide himself from them.
(g) That is, partakers of light....
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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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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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36._Believe in the light. _He exhorts them to retain by faith the
possession of _the light_, for he gives the appellation,_children of
light_, to those who, like true heirs, enjoy it to the end.
_The...
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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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WHILE YE HAVE LIGHT, BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT,.... Receive the Messiah,
and credit the Gospel revelation; this is an explanation of the
exhortation in the preceding verse:
THAT YE MAY BE THE CHILDREN OF...
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While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children
of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself
from them.
Ver. 36. _Whiles ye have the light_] God is bu...
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_The people answered_ Understanding the phrase as implying some
violent death shortly to come upon him; _We have heard out of the law,
that Christ abideth for ever_ On hearing Jesus affirm that he was...
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BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT; receive and obey my instructions, that you may
be wise, and be instrumental in making others wise to salvation....
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WALKING IN THE LIGHT. John 12:34
The necessity of believing in the Light:...
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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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34-36 The people drew false notions from the Scriptures, because they
overlooked the prophecies that spoke of Christ's sufferings and death.
Our Lord warned them that the light would not long continue...
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He either expounds what he meant before, by his calling to them to
walk in the light, viz. believing in him who is the true and great
Light of the world; or else he declares faith in him to be their d...
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John 12:36 While G2193 have G2192 (G5719) light G5457 believe G4100
(G5720) in G1519 light G5457 that G2443 become G1096 (G5638) sons
G5207 light G5457 things G5023 Jesus G2424 spoke G2980 (G5656)
dep...
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‘Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little while
longer. Walk while you have the light lest the darkness overtakes you,
for he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going....
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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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BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT
(πιστευετε εις το φως). That is, "believe in me as
the Messiah" (John 8:12; John 9:5).THAT YE MAY BECOME SONS OF LIGHT
(ινα υιο φωτος γενησθε). Purpose clause with ινα
and sec...
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John 12:35
The True Light and the False
The desire for light is one of the deepest natural instincts of man.
The heathen man prayed that if he were to be smitten, he might be
smitten in the light, a...
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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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BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT. To be "people of the light" is _to find life in
the truth_ of Jesus....
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_We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever._
MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND EXPLANATIONS
I. MISUNDERSTANDINGS (John 12:34). They considered perhaps that Ps
Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 7:13 referred to...
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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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1 John 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; Acts 13:47; Acts
13:48; Ephesians 5:8; Isaiah 60:1; John 1:7; John 10:39; John 10:40;...
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The children of light — The children of God, wise, holy, happy....