John 12:21

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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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 con...
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 wo...
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...
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...
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 Ph...
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...
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 therefo...
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)....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus and the Greeks. A dominant idea of this Gospel is universalism. Christ dies for all men, Gentiles as well as Jews, and is, therefore, the Sav...
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 u...
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...
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 Phil...
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 ar...
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 G...
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...
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...
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 se...
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 render...
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 u...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Certain Greeks Desire to See Jesus; The Recompence of Christ's Servants. 20 And t...
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 probab...
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, wh...
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 ato...
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 day...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:12-15 . On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they beard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Our Lord raised Lazarus from the dead; and this miracle made a great sensation among the people. They came to meet Jesus, waving palm branches before...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Our Lord had raised Lazarus from the dead, and this miracle had excited great attention in Jerusalem. In consequence of this, the people had led him...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:20-24 . And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Beth...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Our Lord had gained a sudden popularity through raising Lazarus from the dead, and the people had attended him with great enthusiasm as he rode throu...
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 indulge...
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 Gree...
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 signifi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The First-Fruits of the Heathen. The Greeks apply to the disciples:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

²¹ The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

Related Commentaries of John 12:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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