John 12:20-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:22

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew ,.... The request the Greeks made to him, and this he did, that he might have his advice in this matter; and that not only because he might be a senior man as well as apostle, but because he was of the same town, and might know these men as well as Philip: and again, Andrew and Philip told Jesus ; after they had consulted together, whether it was proper or not, to move this thing to their master; since he had forbid them going in the way of the Gentiles,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:23

And Jesus answered them ,.... Not directly and particularly; he did not in plain terms signify what was his will, whether these Greeks should be admitted or not; and yet expressed himself in such a manner as shows he was not averse to it, but was pleased with it, and takes notice of it, as an evidence of the near approach of his glorification: saying, the hour is come, that the son of man should be glorified ; by rising from the dead, ascending to heaven, sitting at the right hand of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:24

Verily, verily, I say unto you ,.... This is a certain truth in nature, Christ was about to assert; and what he signifies by it would be a certain fact, and which he mentions, that his death might not be a stumbling block to his disciples, or any objection to his glorification; but was rather to be considered as a means of it, and necessary in order to it: except a corn of wheat fall into the ground ; or is sown in the earth; for sowing with the Jews is expressed by the falling of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:25

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 rather than to expose it to any danger, chooses to deny the faith of Christ, and desert his cause and interest; as such an one shall not long enjoy this life, so he shall come short of an eternal one: and he that hateth his life in this world : on the other hand, whoever seems careless about it,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:26

If any man serve, me ,.... Or is willing to be a servant of Christ, and to be esteemed as such; let him follow me ; as in the exercise of the graces of love, humility, patience, self-denial, and resignation of will to the will of God, and in the discharge of every duty, walking as he walked, so in a way of suffering; for as the master, so the servants, as the head, so the members, through many tribulations, must enter the kingdom; to which he encourages by the following things: and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:27

Now is my soul troubled ,.... At the hardness and unbelief of the Jews, and the rejection of them, when the Gentiles would be called, and converted, by which he would be glorified: and at the conduct and carriage of his disciples to him, he had a foreknowledge of; at the betraying of him by one, and the denial of him by another, and the flight of them all from him; and at the devil, and the furious and violent attack he knew he would make upon him, though he had obliged him to leave him,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:28

Father, glorify thy name ,.... The perfections of his nature, particularly his justice and holiness, meaning in himself; by his sufferings and death; intimating hereby, that his Father's glory was what he had in view, and that the securing of that would give him an infinite pleasure amidst all his sorrows. The Arabic version, and Nonnus, read "glorify thy Son", as in John 17:1 , and the Ethiopic version takes in both, "glorify thy name, and thy Son": and indeed, what glorifies the one,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:29

The people therefore that stood by and heard it ,.... Some more confusedly, who were farthest off; others more distinctly, who were nearer: the first of these, said that it thundered ; as it used to do when "Bath Kol" was heard, which, as the Jews say F1 Piske Tosephot in T. Bab. Sanhedrin, art. 30. , "is a voice that comes out of heaven proceeding from the midst of another voice,' as thunder; wherefore some took this for thunder, and others for the voice of an angel out of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:30

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 me ; at least not only and chiefly; it was not so much in answer to his prayer, or in order to comfort him under the apprehensions he had of his sufferings and death, or to assure him of his future glorification, though all this was true: but for your sakes ; to convince them that he was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:31

Now is the judgment of this world ,.... That is, in a very short time will be the judgment either of the Jewish world, when that shall be reproved, convinced, and condemned for their sin of rejecting Christ, and crucifying him, by the Spirit, in the ministration of the Gospel; and they still continuing in their impenitence and unbelief, in process of time wrath will come upon them, upon their nation, city, and temple, to the uttermost; or of the Gentile world, when there shall be a... read more

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