John 12:27-37

Jesus Foretells His Death

27 "1Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, '2Father, save Me from 3this hour '? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
28 "4Father, glorify Your name." Then a 5voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered *; others were saying, "6An angel has spoken to Him."
30 Jesus answered and said, "7This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.
31 "8Now judgment is upon this world; now 9the ruler of this world will be cast out.
32 "And I, if I 10am lifted up from the earth, will 11draw all men to Myself."
33 But He was saying this 12to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.
34 The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of 13the Law that 14the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The 15Son of Man must be 16lifted up'? Who is this 17Son of Man?"
35 So Jesus said to them, "18For a little while longer 19the Light is among you. 20Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who 21walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
36 "While you have the Light, 22believe in the Light, so that you may become 23sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and 24hid Himself from them.
37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

Cross References 24

  • 1. Matthew 26:38; Mark 14:34; John 11:33
  • 2. Matthew 11:25
  • 3. John 12:23
  • 4. Matthew 11:25
  • 5. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22; Luke 9:35
  • 6. Acts 23:9
  • 7. John 11:42
  • 8. John 3:19; John 9:39; John 16:11
  • 9. John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:19
  • 10. John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:34
  • 11. John 6:44
  • 12. John 18:32; John 21:19
  • 13. John 10:34
  • 14. Psalms 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 7:14
  • 15. Matthew 8:20
  • 16. John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:32
  • 17. Matthew 8:20
  • 18. John 7:33; John 9:4
  • 19. John 12:46; 1 John 2:10
  • 20. Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 5:8
  • 21. 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:11
  • 22. John 12:46
  • 23. Luke 16:8; John 8:12
  • 24. John 8:59

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