John 12:11-19

The Biblical Illustrator - John 12:19

John 12:19Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing?Behold the world is gone after HimThe failure of infidelityLike the prediction of Caiaphas and the inscription of Pilate, an unconscious prophecy is hidden in these words. What the Pharisee affirmed hyperbolically Christ’s friends may now affirm almost literally. Note I. THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL. Four important facts concerning this pro-gross are admitted by friends and foes. 1. That during the first four centuries it was rapid and extensive. 2.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:11

11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. Ver. 11. Because that by reason of him ] This was it that embittered the Pharisees, as it doth now their successors the Papists. Bellarmine bewrays his grief, and tells us that ever since we proclaimed the pope to be that Antichrist, his kingdom hath not only not increased, but daily more and more decreased. Ab eo tempore quo per vos Papa Antichristus esse coepit, non modo non crevit eius imperium, &c.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:12

12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Ver. 12. On the next day much people ] The envious Pharisees feeding the while upon their own hearts. Israel never increased so fast as when Pharaoh most oppressed them. Plures efficimur quoties metimur, saith Tertullian. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:13

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. Ver. 13. Took branches of palm trees ] Plutarch writeth that the Babylonians make 360 benefits of the palm tree, and therefore do highly honour it. Pintus upon Daniel telleth us, that the palm tree will not grow in a rich ground, but in a light and sandy; and if the soil be rich and fertile, they must cast salt and ashes at the root, to diminish... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:14

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Ver. 14. When he had found a young ass ] To make religion dance attendance upon policy (saith one) is to set the ass upon Christ, and not Christ upon the ass. These three things, saith Luther, will be the ruin of religion, unthankfulness, security, and carnal policy. Sapientia mundi, quae vult omnia, redigere in ordinem. (Melch. Adam.) read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:15

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. Ver. 15. Sitting upon an ass ] Not upon a stately palfrey, as an earthly potentate; but upon a silly ass, without pomp, to comfort the poorest, and to teach us humility, tolerance, patience. An ass is a beast profitable (whence he hath his name in the original), but born to bear burdens. a Oneramus asinum, saith Bernard, et non curat, quia asinus est. But what notorious asses are those superstitious Papists,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:16

16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. Ver. 16. These things understood not, &c. ] They only beheld it as a pretty pageant. They had read it often, in the prophet, and now saw it acted; yet were never the wiser, for the present. Read, or hear, though thou understandest not; God may drop in divine light when thou least lookest for it. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:17

17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. Ver. 17. When he called Lazarus, &c. ] This notable miracle, the evangelist, as he had punctually described it, John 11:41-44 , so he cannot but again and again recite it. We should set forth God’s noble acts, and not be sated. David never tires talking of what God had done for his soul. Those in heaven have no rest (and yet no unrest either) crying, "Holy, holy,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:18

18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. Ver. 18. For this cause also the people met him ] To the Pharisees’ extreme grief and regret; to show that there is neither "wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord," Proverbs 21:30 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:19

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. Ver. 19. Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? ] Thus they stir up one another to more madness, as if hitherto they had been overly mild, and used too much gentleness. So Stephen Gardiner, being charged of cruelty by Bradford, answered, I for my part have been challenged for being too gentle oftentimes. Which thing Bonner confirmed, and so did almost all the audience, that... read more

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