John 12:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. ”

• John 12:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He that loveth his life ... - This was a favorite principle, a sort of “axiom” with the Lord Jesus, which he applied to himself as well as to his followers. See the Matthew 10:39 note; Luke 9:...

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  loveth . Greek. phileo. App-135. life . Greek psuche. App-110 and App-170. Compare Matthew 10:39 ; Matthew 16:25 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Mark 8:35-37 ; Luke 9:24 ; Luke 17:33 . keep . guard,...

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• John 12:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  25. He who loveth his soul shall destroy it. To doctrine Christ joins exhortation; for if we must die in order that we may bring forth fruit, we ought patiently to permit God to mortify us...

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• John 12:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. He that loveth his life - See on Matthew 10:39 (note); Luke 14:26 (note). I am ab...

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• John 12:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He that loveth his life, &c.— He told them further, that as he, their Master, was to suffer before his exaltation, so must they, his disciples, expect the like; for which reason they were to e...

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• John 12:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this wo...

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He that loveth his life shall lose it. — The reading here is uncertain, and may be, perhaps with slightly more probability is, He that loveth his life loses it — i.e., that the loss of life is...

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - 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 12:25 - 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 12:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:...

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• John 12:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He that loveth his life shall lose it ,.... The sense is, that whoever is so in love with this present temporal life, as to be anxiously careful of it, and takes all precautions to secure it; and ra...

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• John 12:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. Ver. 25. He that loveth his life ] As Christ loved not his life to the death for...

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• John 12:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jesus answered, saying This phraseology intimates the suitableness of the following discourse to this particular occasion; by attending to which, many of the beauties of it will be discovered. Our...

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - 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 12:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  We had much the same in the other evangelists, Matthew 10:39 Luke 14:26 . Some think that our Saviour repeateth it here, to show, that as Christ first suffered, and then entered into his glory;...

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• John 12:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me he must follow me, and where I am there will my servant be as well. If anyo...

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

  world Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". ( John 14:17 ); ( John 14:19 ); ( John 14:22 ); ( John 14:27 ); ( John 14:30 ); ( John 7:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Revelation 13:8 ).

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - 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 12:25 - 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 12:25 - 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 12:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The hour of Christ's glorification:

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• John 12:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 20:24 ; Acts 21:13 ; Ecclesiastes 2:17 ; Genesis 29:30-33 ; Hebrews 11:35 ; Luke 14:26 ; Luke 17:33 ; Luke 9:23 ; Luke 9:24 ; Mark 8:35 ; Matthew 10:39 ; Matthew 16:25 ; Matthew 19:...

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• John 12:25 - 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 12:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He that loveth his life — More than the will of God; shall lose it eternally: and he that hateth his life — In comparison of the will of God, shall preserve it. Matthew 10:39 .

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