Johannes 12:28

28 Vater, verherrliche deinen Namen! Da kam eine Stimme aus dem Himmel: Ich habe ihn verherrlicht und werde ihn auch wiederum verherrlichen.

Johannes 12:28 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:28

Father, glorify thy name
The perfections of his nature, particularly his justice and holiness, meaning in himself; by his sufferings and death; intimating hereby, that his Father's glory was what he had in view, and that the securing of that would give him an infinite pleasure amidst all his sorrows. The Arabic version, and Nonnus, read "glorify thy Son", as in ( John 17:1 ) , and the Ethiopic version takes in both, "glorify thy name, and thy Son": and indeed, what glorifies the one, glorifies the other; see ( John 13:31 John 13:32 ) .

Then came there a voice from heaven;
as at his baptism and transfiguration, and which came from the Father, and was an articulate one, and what the Jews call "Bath Kol", or "the daughter of the voice":

[saying], I have both, glorified [it];
meaning in the incarnation, ministry, obedience and miracles of Christ; and particularly in that late one in raising Lazarus from the dead:

and will glorify [it] again;
by supporting him under, and carrying him through his sufferings and death, and by raising him from the dead, and setting him at his own right hand.

Johannes 12:28 In-Context

26 Wenn mir jemand dient, so folge er mir nach; und wo ich bin, da wird auch mein Diener sein. Wenn mir jemand dient, so wird der Vater ihn ehren.
27 Jetzt ist meine Seele bestürzt, und was soll ich sagen? Vater, rette mich aus dieser Stunde! Doch darum bin ich in diese Stunde gekommen.
28 Vater, verherrliche deinen Namen! Da kam eine Stimme aus dem Himmel: Ich habe ihn verherrlicht und werde ihn auch wiederum verherrlichen.
29 Die Volksmenge nun, die dastand und zuhörte, sagte, es habe gedonnert; andere sagten: Ein Engel hat mit ihm geredet.
30 Jesus antwortete und sprach: Nicht um meinetwillen ist diese Stimme geschehen, sondern um euretwillen.
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