John 12:37-50

37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "1LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"
39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
40 "2HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE 3HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO * THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM"
41 These things Isaiah said because 4he saw His glory, and 5he spoke of Him.
42 Nevertheless * 6many even of 7the rulers believed in Him, but 8because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear * that they would be 9put out of the synagogue;
43 10for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.
44 And Jesus cried out and said, "11He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.
45 "12He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
46 "13I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
47 "If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for 14I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 "15He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; 16the word I spoke is what will judge him at 17the last day.
49 "18For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me 19has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
50 "I know that 20His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak 21just as the Father has told Me."

Cross References 21

  • 1. Isaiah 53:1; Romans 10:16
  • 2. Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:14
  • 3. Mark 6:52
  • 4. Isaiah 6:1f
  • 5. Luke 24:27
  • 6. John 7:48; John 12:11
  • 7. Luke 23:13
  • 8. John 7:13
  • 9. John 9:22
  • 10. John 5:41, 44
  • 11. Matthew 10:40; John 5:24
  • 12. John 14:9
  • 13. John 1:4; John 3:19; John 8:12; John 9:5; John 12:35
  • 14. John 3:17; John 8:15
  • 15. Luke 10:16
  • 16. Deuteronomy 18:18; John 5:45f; John 8:47
  • 17. Matthew 10:15; John 6:39; Acts 17:31; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 3:3, 7; Hebrews 10:25
  • 18. John 3:11; John 7:16; John 8:26, 28, 38; John 14:10, 24
  • 19. John 14:31; John 17:8
  • 20. John 6:68
  • 21. John 5:19; John 8:28

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