D.
Life's issue and multiplication
12:1-50
1.
Life's issue — a house of feasting (a miniature of the church life)
vv. 1-11
John 12
:1
12:1
Then Jesus, six days before the
aPassover, came to
1bBethany, where Lazarus was,
cwhom Jesus had raised from the dead.
John 12
:2
12:2
Therefore they made Him a supper there; and
aMartha served, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining
at table with Him.
John 12
:3
12:3
Then aMary took a
1pound of ointment, of very valuable pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the
2house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
John 12
:4
12:4
But aJudas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was about to betray Him, said,
John 12
:5
12:5
Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred
1denarii and given to the poor?
John 12
:6
12:6
But he said this not because it mattered to him concerning the poor, but because he was a thief, and
aholding the purse, carried off what was put into
it.
John 12
:7
12:7
Then 1Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has reserved it for the day of My burial.
John 12
:8
12:8
aFor the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have Me.
John 12
:9
12:9
Then a great crowd of the Jews found out that He was there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might also see Lazarus,
awhom He had raised from the dead.
John 12
:10
12:10
And the chief priests took counsel to kill Lazarus also,
John 12
:11
12:11
Because on account of him
amany of the Jews went away and believed into Jesus.
2.
Life's multiplication for the church through death and resurrection (the glorification of God and the judgment upon the world and Satan implied)
vv. 12-36a
John 12
:12
12:12
On the next day,
athe great crowd who had come to the
bfeast, when they heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,
John 12
:13
12:13
Took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out,
1Hosanna!
aBlessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the
bKing of Israel!
John 12
:14
12:14
And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it, as it is written,
John 12
:15
12:15
a"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.''
John 12
:16
12:16
These things His disciples did not understand at first, but when Jesus was
aglorified, then they
bremembered that these things were written of Him and
that they had done these things to Him.
John 12
:17
12:17
The crowd therefore that was with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead testified.
John 12
:18
12:18
For this
reason the crowd also went and met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.
John 12
:19
12:19
The Pharisees then said to one another, You see that you are not doing anything worthwhile; behold, the world has gone after Him.
John 12
:20
12:20
And there were some Greeks among those who went up to
aworship at the feast.
John 12
:21
12:21
These then came to
aPhilip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.
John 12
:22
12:22
Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew came, and Philip
too, and they told Jesus.
John 12
:23
12:23
And Jesus answered them, saying, The
ahour has come for the Son of Man to be
1bglorified.
John 12
:24
12:24
Truly, truly, I say to you,
aUnless the grain of wheat
1falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears
2bmuch fruit.
John 12
:25
12:25
aHe who loves his
1bsoul-life loses it; and he who
chates his soul-life in this world shall keep it unto
2eternal life.
John 12
:26
12:26
If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
John 12
:27
12:27
Now is
aMy 1soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father,
bsave Me out of this
chour. But for
2this reason I have come to this hour.
John 12
:28
12:28
Father,
1aglorify Your name. Then a
bvoice came out of heaven: I have both glorified
it and will glorify
it again.
John 12
:29
12:29
The crowd therefore which stood by and heard
it said that there had been thunder; others said,
aAn angel has spoken to Him.
John 12
:30
12:30
Jesus answered and said, This voice has not
1come for My sake, but for your sake.
John 12
:31
12:31
Now is the
1ajudgment of this
2world; now shall the
bruler of this world be cast out.
John 12
:32
12:32
And I, if I be
1alifted up from the earth, will
bdraw call men to Myself.
John 12
:33
12:33
But He said this
asignifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
John 12
:34
12:34
The crowd therefore answered Him, We have heard out of the law that the
aChrist abides forever; and how
is it that You say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
John 12
:35
12:35
Jesus then said to them, The light is
astill among you a little while. Walk while you have the light so that darkness may not
bovercome you; and he who
cwalks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
3.
Religion's unbelief and blindness
vv. 36-43
John 12
:36
12:36
While you have the
alight, believe into the light, so that you may become
bsons of light. Jesus said these things, and He went away and
cwas hidden from them.
John 12
:37
12:37
But though He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe into Him,
John 12
:38
12:38
That the word of the prophet Isaiah which he said might be fulfilled,
a"Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the
1arm of the Lord been revealed?''
John 12
:39
12:39
For this
reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,
John 12
:40
12:40
a"He has
1blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, that they might not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.''
John 12
:41
12:41
These things said Isaiah because he
asaw 1His glory and spoke concerning Him.
John 12
:42
12:42
Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed into Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess
Him, aso that they would not be
bput out of the synagogue;
John 12
:43
12:43
For they loved the
aglory of men more than the
aglory of God.
4.
Life's declaration to the unbelieving religion
vv. 44-50
John 12
:44
12:44
But Jesus
1cried out and said, He who believes into Me does not believe into Me, but
ainto Him who sent Me;
John 12
:45
12:45
And he who
abeholds Me beholds Him who sent Me.
John 12
:46
12:46
I have come
as a
alight into the world, that every one who believes into Me would not remain in darkness.
John 12
:47
12:47
And if anyone hears My
1words and does not keep
them, I do not judge him; for I have not come to
ajudge the world, but to save the world.
John 12
:48
12:48
He who rejects Me and does not receive My words has one who judges him; the
aword which I have spoken, that will judge him in the last day.
John 12
:49
12:49
For I have not spoken from Myself; but the Father who sent Me, He Himself has
agiven Me commandment, what to say and what to speak.
John 12
:50
12:50
And I know that His commandment is
1eternal life. The things therefore that I speak, even
aas the Father has said to Me, so I speak.
