John 12:23

1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 49:5; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 53:10-12; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:9; John 13:31; John 13:32; John 17:10; John 17:1-5; John 17:9; Matthew 25:31

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The hour is come - The time is come. The word “hour” commonly means a definite part or a division of a day; but it also is used to denote a brief...
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

the Son of man . App-98 and App-99.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. The hour is come. Many explain this as referring to the death of Christ, because by it the glory of Christ was manifested; so that, in t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. The hour is come, that the Son of man, etc. - The time is...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Jesus answered them,— If we suppose that our Lord spoke these words as the Greeks were introduced to him, the following discourse will discover...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. And [or, 'But de ( G1161 )] Jesus answered...
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)....
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The humble request of these Greeks for an interview brings vividly before Christ's mind His approaching death, through which alone salvation can be o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Jesus answered them, saying. — The words are rather the utterance of the thoughts of His own mind, which this visit of the Greeks suggests, tha...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jesus answered them ,.... Not directly and particularly; he did not in plain terms signify what was his will, whether these Greeks should be adm...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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, m...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Christ replies, that the time was now come when he (who was the Son of God) should be glorified; that is, by the Gentiles receiving of the gospel,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. With great emphasis (truly, truly) I tell you, unless a grain of whe...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The hour of Christ's glorification:
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified — With the Father and in the sight of every creature. But he must suffer first.

²³ And Jesus answered them, saying,The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

Related Commentaries of John 12:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 12:23