“ Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, ”
They could not believe - See Mark 6:5 ; “He could there do no mighty works,” etc. The works can and could are often used in the Bible to denote the existence of such obstacles as to make a resul...
Failure in Judæ a. The many signs have failed to convince. The author explains this by the prediction in Isaiah 53:1 , the arm of the Lord being interpreted of Messiah. And the ultimate cause is a...
Therefore . On account of (Greek. dia. App-104.) this: i.e. the unbelief of John 12:37 . could not . were not able to. believe . App-160. Judicial blindness follows persistent unbelief.
39. Therefore they could not believe. This is somewhat more harsh; because, if the words be taken in their natural meaning, the way was shut up against the Jews, and the power of believing w...
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Therefore they could not believe - Why? Because they did not believe the report of the prophets concerning Christ; therefore they cre...
Therefore they could not believe,— That is, by the just judgment of God for their obstinate and wilful resistance to the truth, they were so hardened, that the doctrine and miracles of our Lord cou...
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again ( Isaiah 6:9-10 ).
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...
Therefore they could not believe, because. — The words refer to those which have gone before, not to those which follow, and then by an addition give the reason more fully. “It was on account of th...
V. RESULTS OF CHRIST'S MANIFESTATION. "But though He had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on Him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lo...
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...
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...
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...
Therefore they could not believe ,.... God had determined to leave them to the blindness and hardness of their hearts, and to deny them his grace, which only could cure them of it, and enable them t...
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Ver. 39. Therefore they could not believe, &c. ] They could not, because they would not, saith Theophylact out of Chrysostom,...
Though he had done so many miracles before them So that they could not but see them; yet they believed not on him That is, in general they did not; being hardened in their infidelity. That the s...
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...
The Unbelief of the People. 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 That the say...
OLBGrk; Some will have, they could not believe, to be the same with, they did not; as, Mark 6:5 , it is said Christ could not do mighty works at Nazareth; or the same with, they would not, as...
‘Therefore they could not believe, for Isaiah again said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to h...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 12:37-43 . The Evangelist’s statement of the causes of Jewish unbelief, and of the timidity of many who believed, which prevented them confessing Christ. Joh...
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...
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...
But though He had done so many miracles … yet they believed not on Him Our Lord’s ministry I. ITS DETAILS. 1. The doctrines He taught ( John 12:44-50 ). These words are an abridged statement...
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...
The fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy:
2 Peter 2:14 ; Isaiah 44:18-20 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; John 10:38 ; John 5:44 ; John 6:44
Therefore now they could not believe — That is, by the just judgment of God, for their obstinacy and wilful resistance of the truth, they were at length so left to the hardness of their hearts, tha...