John 12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:49

For I have not spoken of myself ,.... As man, or as separate from his Father; his doctrine was not human, but divine, and therefore a rejection of it cannot escape notice at the future judgment: but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak ; Christ, as man, had his mission, and commission, and his instructions from his Father to preach the Gospel unto men; he was anointed for it by the Holy Ghost; he was enjoined the preaching of it by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 12:50

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting ,.... By "his commandment" is not meant the law; that indeed is often styled the commandment; and it is the commandment of God; and many excellent things are said of it; and among the rest it is called "life", Deuteronomy 30:15 , but not everlasting life: it only promised a continuation of natural life to man, on condition of obedience to it; more than this it did not promise to Adam, in innocence; and what it promised to the obedient... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12

Jesus sups at the house of Lazarus, and Mary anoints his feet, John 12:1-3 . Judas Iscariot finds fault, and reproves her, John 12:4-6 . Jesus vindicates Mary and reproves Judas, John 12:7 , John 12:8 . The chief priests consult to put Lazarus to death, because that through him many believed on Jesus, John 12:9-11 . He enters Jerusalem in triumph; the people meet him, and the Pharisees are troubled, John 12:12-19 . Greeks inquire after Jesus, John 12:20-22 . Our Lord's discourse... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:1

Six days before the Passover - Reckoning the day of the Passover to be the last of the six. Our Lord came on our Sabbath, the first day of the Jewish week, to Bethany, where he supped; and on the next day he made his public entry into Jerusalem: John 12:12 . Calmet thinks that this was about two months after the resurrection of Lazarus, on the 9th of Nisan, (March 29), in the thirty-sixth year of our Lord's age. It has been observed before - that Calmet adds three years to the common... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:3

Then took Mary a pound of ointment - See the note on Matthew 26:7 ; see also Mark 14:3 . It does not seem the most likely that this was the same transaction with that mentioned above. Some think that this was, notwithstanding that before is said to have been at the house of Simon the leper. The arguments, pro and con, are largely stated in the notes at the end of Matthew 26 (note), to which I beg leave to refer the reader. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:5

Three hundred pence - Or denarii: about 9£. 13s. 9d. of our money; reckoning the denarius at 7 3/4d. One of my MSS. of the Vulgate (a MS. of the 14th century) reads, cccc denarii . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:6

Not that He cared for the poor - There should be a particular emphasis laid on the word he, as the evangelist studies to show the most determined detestation to his conduct. And bare what was put therein - Or rather, as some eminent critics contend, And stole what was put in it. This seems the proper meaning of εβαϚαζεν ; and in this sense it is used, John 20:15 ; : If thou hast Stolen him away - ει συ εβαϚασας αυτον . In the same sense the word is used by Josephus, Ant. b. xii. c.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:7

Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this - Several MSS. and versions read thus: - Αφες αυτην, ἱνα εις την ἡμεραντου ενταφιασμου μου τηρησῃ - Let her alone, That she may keep it to the day of my embalming. This is the reading of BDLQ, four others, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, Slavonic, Vulgate, all the Itala but one; Nonnus, Ambrosius, Gaudentius, and Augustin. This reading, which has the approbation of Mill, Bengel, Griesbach,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:9

Much people of the Jews - John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants of Jerusalem. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:10

Consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death - As long as he lived they saw an incontestable proof of the Divine power of Christ; therefore they wished to put him to death, because many of the Jews, who came to see him through curiosity, became converts to Christ through his testimony. How blind were these men not to perceive that he who had raised him, after he had been dead four days, could raise him again though they had slain him a thousand times? read more

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