John 12:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou,The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? ”

• John 12:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  We have heard out of the law - Out of the Old Testament; or rather we have been so taught by those who have interpreted the law to us. That Christ - That the Messiah. Abideth for ever - W...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  We have heard . we heard. The Greek tense (aorist, refers to. definite time, and may refer to. portion of the law (compare note on John 10:34 ) read on the Great Sabbath, two days previously. The q...

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• John 12:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. We have heard from the law. Their intention undoubtedly was, to carp malignantly at the words of Christ; and therefore their malice blinds them, so that they perceive nothing amidst the...

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• John 12:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? We have heard out of the law - That...

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• John 12:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The people answered him,— The people, on hearing Jesus affirm that he was to be lifted up, told him, that was inconsistent with the character of the Messiah, who, according to the law, (so they n...

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• John 12:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? The people [`The multitude'...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  we have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever...... — The term “law” refers to the whole of the Old Testament Scripture, as we have seen in John 10:34 . (Comp. Note there.) They may ha...

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• John 12:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  IV. THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE OF THE CROSS. "Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify Thy name. There...

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• John 12:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Belief May Become Impossible John 12:30-41 The question of the Greeks led our Lord's thoughts to His death. He saw, too, the baptism of suffering through which His followers must pass. From all...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? (35) Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a...

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• John 12:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The people answered him ,.... Not the Greeks, but the Jews, and these not such as were friends to Christ, but cavillers at him: we have heard out of the law ; not the five books of Moses, but the...

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• John 12:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Ver. 34. We have heard out of th...

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• John 12:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The people answered Understanding the phrase as implying some violent death shortly to come upon him; We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever On hearing Jesus affirm that he wa...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Divine Attestation to Christ; Christ's Discourse with the People.       27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, sav...

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• John 12:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Here again the law is taken in a larger sense than in some places, where it is only significant of the books of Moses, in opposition to the prophets and other holy writings, as we had it before,...

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• John 12:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Response of the Crowds ( John 12:34-43 ). ‘The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up. Who is...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 12:34 What is the force of this name, as applied to Himself, by our Lord? I. We have in it, Christ putting out His hand to draw us to Himself, identifying Himself with us. II. We have, just...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - 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 12:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

  We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever. Misunderstandings and explanations I. MISUNDERSTANDINGS ( John 12:34 ). They considered perhaps that Ps Isaiah 9:7 ; Daniel 7:13 ref...

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• John 12:34 - 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 12:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The people answered Him, We have heard out of the Law that Christ abideth forever; and how sayest Thou, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?

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• John 12:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Samuel 7:13 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 7:14 ; Daniel 7:27 ; Ezekiel 37:24 ; Ezekiel 37:25 ; Isaiah 53:8 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; John 10:34 ; John 15:25 ; John 3:14-16 ; John 5:25-27 ; John 8:53-58...

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• John 12:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  How sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? — How can these things be reconciled? Very easily. He first dies, and then abideth for ever. Who is this Son of man? — Is he the Christ? Psalms 1...

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