Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:12-50
§ 111. TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM, vv. AND TRANSACT1ONS THERE, John 12:12-50 . See notes on Matthew 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44. read more
John 12:39-40 Nlt,niv,esv
Daniel Whedon
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:37-43
General summary of Jewish unbelief and rejection of Christ, John 12:37-43. The great body of the people, in spite of miraculous evidence, rejected Jesus; yet a small minority believed without the courage to avow their faith. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:39
39. Therefore they could not believe For the reason assigned in our note on John 5:44, that they had intrenched themselves in the opposite error; so long as they would hold fast that error, the reception of truth was impossible they could not believe. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:40
40. He hath blinded their eyes They had shut themselves in, and the harder He pushed the tighter the door was pressed. They had made their choice; and the more he would persuade, the more firmly they braced themselves against him. They fitted their eyes to the darkness; and, like owls, the clearer the light the more total their blindness. So that although God, according to the prophet, was the unwilling cause of their blindness, yet it was their wicked will that gave to the cause its... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26. read more