2 Peter 2:14; Isaiah 44:18-20; Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 6:9; John 10:38; John 5:44; John 6:44
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...
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 i...
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. Jud...
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...
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Therefore they could not believe - Why? Because they did not believe the report of...
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 harden...
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again ( Isaiah 6...
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)....
Cause of the unbelief of the Jews. At first they could believe, but refused. By and by they became incapable of it. In this too common experience S...
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 gi...
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...
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...
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...
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, w...
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, Ver. 39. Therefore they could not believe, &c. ] They could not, because th...
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 no...
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 Unbelief of the People. 37 But though he had done so many miracles before the...
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 a...
‘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 a...
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 belie...
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...
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 12:37 . But though he had done so many miracles before then, yet they believed not on him. They had an opportunity of seeing with their eyes...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high signifi...
The fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy:
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
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 l...
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,