John 12:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. ”

• John 12:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Bethsaida of Galilee - See the notes at John 1:44 . Would see Jesus - It is probable that the word “see,” here, implies also a desire to converse with him, or to hear his doctrine about the...

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• John 12:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Hi...

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• John 12:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Philip... of Bethsaida . See App-141. Probably these Greeks were from Galilee (App-169), and, as Philip bore. Greek name, had some acquaintance with him. of. Greek. apo. App-104. desired . pr...

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• John 12:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  21. These men therefore went to Philip. It is an indication of reverence, that they do not address Christ, but are desirous to obtain access through Philip; for reverence always begets mod...

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• John 12:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. The same came therefore to Philip - Some suppose that these Gentiles were of Ph...

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• John 12:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  We would see Jesus.— This transaction appears to have been in the passover-week, when Christ taught daily in the temple, but retired to Bethany in the evening with his disciples. So that by seeing...

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• John 12:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. The same came therefore to Philip, which was of [or 'from' apo ( G...

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• John 12:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Triumphal Entry. Close of the Public Ministry 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3 , which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36 . is different. The suppe...

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• John 12:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The same came therefore to Philip. — We have no indication of the time when, or of the place where, these words were spoken. St. John alone gives us this incident, and he gives us this incident onl...

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• John 12:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  III. THE CORN OF WHEAT. "Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast: these therefore came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying...

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• John 12:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Sacrifice a Law of Life John 12:20-29 These were genuine Greeks. The East came to the manger-bed; the West to the Cross. These men came to Philip probably because of his Greek name. The inartic...

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• John 12:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 o...

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• John 12:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. (20) And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the fe...

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• John 12:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  A GREAT ASPIRATION ‘Sir, we would see Jesus.’ John 12:21 I want to ask you why it is that we should desire to see Jesus. I. He wishes us to see Him .—In the first place, because the whole...

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• John 12:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The same came therefore to Philip ,.... Who might know him; they might have been some of his neighbours formerly, for that Philip's parents, though Jews, dwelt among Greeks, seems probable, from the...

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• John 12:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Ver. 21. Sir, we would see Jesus ] That is, we would have private conferenc...

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• John 12:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And there were certain Greeks A prelude of the Gentile Church. The phrase, τινες Ελληνες, here used, signifies properly, as translators have rendered it, certain Greeks. But all the Gentiles bein...

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• John 12:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us ( Luke 19:1-28 ). These days He spent in ministe...

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• John 12:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Certain Greeks Desire to See Jesus; The Recompence of Christ's Servants.       20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up t...

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• John 12:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  If these Grecians (as is probable) were Syrophenicians, their country was so near to Bethsaida of Galilee, which was Philip's town, that it is probable they might have some knowledge of him, and that...

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• John 12:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Life Comes through His Death ( John 12:20-33 ). ‘Now among those who went up to worship at the Feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him,...

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• John 12:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 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...

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• John 12:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 12:1 . Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting...

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• John 12:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 12:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And there came certain Greeks;…the same came therefore to Philip … saying, Sir, we would see Jesus The incident and its significance These Greeks belonged to those numerous Gentiles who, like t...

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• John 12:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospe...

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• John 12:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The First-Fruits of the Heathen. The Greeks apply to the disciples:

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• John 12:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 1:36-39 ; John 1:43-47 ; John 14:8 ; John 14:9 ; John 6:40 ; John 6:5-7 ; Luke 19:2-4 ; Matthew 12:19-21 ; Matthew 15:22-28 ; Matthew 2:2 ; Matthew 8:9-12 ; Romans 15:8-12

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• John 12:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Hour Is Come John 12:20-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in our opening verses that the Greeks who had come up to the feast desired to see Jesus. They told Philip, Philip told Andrew, and the...

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• John 12:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  These came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee — Perhaps they used to lodge there, in their journey to Jerusalem. Or they might believe, a Galilean would be more ready to serve them herein, than a Je...

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