2 Corinthians 8:9; John 11:15; John 11:42; John 5:34
Came not because of me - Not to strengthen or confirm me; not that I had any doubts about my course, or any apprehension that God would not appro...
(7) Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. (7) Christ foretells to the deaf the manner of his death, the ov...
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...
answered , &c. See App-122. because of . on account of. Greek. dia. App-104. John 12:2 . for your sakes . on account of (Greek. dia. App...
30. This voice came not for my sake. Had Christ no need of being strengthened, or did the Father care less for him than for us? But we must...
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes - Probably mean...
This voice came not because of me, &c.— Dr. Heylin renders this better, This voice came not for my sake, but for yours. It is literally, Thi...
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Jesus answered, This voice came not because of me, but for yo...
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)....
This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. — More exactly, not for My sake did this voice come, but for your sakes. These words are a...
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...
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 sufferi...
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...
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. (28) Father, glorify thy nam...
Jesus answered and said ,.... To the people that stood by, and were disputing among themselves about what they heard, whether it was thunder, or the...
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Ver. 30. But for your sakes ] That ye might believe; which if ye...
Father, glorify thy name Whatever I suffer. For this may be considered as a further expression of his resignation, importing that he was willing to...
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...
The Divine Attestation to Christ; Christ's Discourse with the People. 27 Now is m...
This voice came not to instruct me, I very well knew, before it came, that my Father had glorified his own name, and would do it again; it came not p...
‘Jesus answered and said, “This voice occurred not for my sake, but for your sake”.' Jesus then explained to them the purpose of the voice from Heav...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
And there came certain Greeks;…the same came therefore to Philip … saying, Sir, we would see Jesus The incident and its significance These Gree...
Father, glorify Thy name The glorified name 1 . One important aspect of Christian life is the imitation of Christ. But this is not necessari...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high signifi...
The manner of Christ's glorification:
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of Me, but for your sakes.
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...
30 Jesus answered and said,This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.