Juan 12:26

26 Todo el que quiera ser mi discípulo debe seguirme, porque mis siervos tienen que estar donde yo estoy. El Padre honrará a todo el que me sirva.

Juan 12:26 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:26

If any man serve, me
Or is willing to be a servant of Christ, and to be esteemed as such;

let him follow me;
as in the exercise of the graces of love, humility, patience, self-denial, and resignation of will to the will of God, and in the discharge of every duty, walking as he walked, so in a way of suffering; for as the master, so the servants, as the head, so the members, through many tribulations, must enter the kingdom; to which he encourages by the following things:

and where I am;
in heaven, as he now was, as the Son of God; or "where I shall be", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it, even as man, in the human nature, when raised from the dead:

there shall also my servant be;
when he has done his work, and the place is prepared for him, and he for that, and where he shall ever abide; and as a further encouragement, he adds,

if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour;
by accepting his service, affording him his gracious presence here, and by giving him eternal glory hereafter, to which he has called him.

Juan 12:26 In-Context

24 Les digo la verdad, el grano de trigo, a menos que sea sembrado en la tierra y muera, queda solo. Sin embargo, su muerte producirá muchos granos nuevos, una abundante cosecha de nuevas vidas.

25 Los que aman su vida en este mundo la perderán. Los que no le dan importancia a su vida en este mundo la conservarán por toda la eternidad.

26 Todo el que quiera ser mi discípulo debe seguirme, porque mis siervos tienen que estar donde yo estoy. El Padre honrará a todo el que me sirva.

27 »Ahora mi alma está muy entristecida. ¿Acaso debería orar: “Padre, sálvame de esta hora”? ¡Pero esa es precisamente la razón por la que vine!

28 Entonces habló una voz del cielo: «Ya he glorificado mi nombre y lo haré otra vez».