John 12:35

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 12:1-50

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 His heart, pressed closely to Him, and sacramentally expressed her love. Judas, blinded in self-interest, criticized her action, and so revealed himself as utterly opposed to the very spirit of the Lord Himself. From Bethany Jesus passed to Jerusalem, where a stupendous outburst of welcome... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:35-36

‘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. While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become the sons of light”.’ As we have seen Jesus did not answer directly. He was not concerned with theological discussion but with genuine response from those in the crowd. Let them rather consider their present position. There is One... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:20-36

John 12:20-Zephaniah : . 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 authority for the admission of the Gentiles, it must again be confessed that it is very badly done. The Greeks are apparently not even admitted to His presence. The mention of Philip and Andrew is natural if their home Was Bethsaida ( John 1:45), in a region largely... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 12:35

Our Saviour thinketh not fit further to open himself as to that point concerning the Messiah, and his Divine nature; into a direct assertion of which he must have entered, had he given a direct answer to their questions; otherwise what they had objected might easily have been answered by our Saviour, by distinguishing between the two natures in his own person: according to his Divine nature he was not to die, though he died according to his human nature; and after his suffering and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 12:20-36

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 12:20-36. 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. the world.John 12:20. Greeks.—Ἑλληνες, not simply Grecian Jews (Acts 6:1). They were most likely “proselytes of the Gate,” as they had come to Jerusalem to keep the feast.John 12:21. The same came therefore to Philip, etc.—Why therefore? There were many Greeks in the region of Decapolis; and as... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:35-36

John 12:35-36 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, and not in darkness. And the idea of Christ's Gospel is, that it is a light shining in a dark place, to which, however, men can close their eyes, so that they cannot see it, but go on still in darkness. All the apparatus of the Church is for this simple end to enable men to have that light which is... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:35-36

DISCOURSE: 1675THE DUTY OF WALKING IN THE LIGHTJohn 12:35-36. 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 knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.THE perverseness of men in resisting the means of conviction, is apt to beget an asperity in the minds of their instructors, and to make them cease from their labours of love. But we are... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 12:1-50

Chapter 12Then 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 Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very expensive, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the aroma of the ointment ( John 12:1-3 ).Typical of Mary, worshipping;... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 12:1-50

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. This, the last week or consummation of the Saviour’s labours, was full of glory. Every day we find him in the temple, and sleeping every night in Bethany, except the night of the passover. As soon as the sabbath was over, the people having heard of his arrival at Bethany, and glowing with ardour... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 12:34-36

John 12:34-36We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever.Misunderstandings and explanationsI. MISUNDERSTANDINGS (John 12:34). They considered perhaps that Ps Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 7:13 referred to Christ. Their question would be, therefore, “If Thou art to die, how canst Thou be the Messiah? We know who the Son of Man in the Old Testament is; but who is this Son of Man?” Men have always misunderstood the Cross. It is foolishness to the Greek, etc. 1. Some now speak of the Cross as a... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 12:1-50

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:35-36

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:20-36

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 12:35

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 12:20-36

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:35-36

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:35-36

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 12:1-50

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 12:1-50

The Biblical Illustrator - John 12:34-36

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