John 12:20-43

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now ¹among those who went up to worship at the feast were some ²Greeks.

21 So these came to ³Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

22 Philip went and told ⁴Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

23 And Jesus answered them, ⁵"The hour has come ⁶for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁷unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25 ⁸Whoever loves his life loses it, and ⁹whoever ¹⁰hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

26 If anyone serves me, he must ¹¹follow me; and ¹²where I am, there will my servant be also. ¹³If anyone serves me, ¹⁴the Father will honor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

27 ¹⁵"Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, ¹⁶save me from ¹⁷this hour'? But ¹⁸for this purpose I have come to ¹⁹this hour.

28 Father, glorify your name." Then ²⁰a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, ²¹"An angel has spoken to him."

30 Jesus answered, ²²"This voice has come for your sake, not mine.

31 ²³Now is the judgment of this world; now will ²⁴the ruler of this world ²⁵be cast out.

32 And I, ²⁶when I am lifted up from the earth, ²⁷will draw ²⁸all people to myself."

33 He said this ²⁹to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

34 So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that ³⁰the Christ remains forever. How can you say that ³¹the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

35 So Jesus said to them, ³²"The light is among you ³³for a little while longer. ³⁴Walk while you have the light, lest darkness ³⁵overtake you. ³⁶The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ³⁷sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,

38 ³⁸so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ³⁹"Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

39 Therefore they ⁴⁰could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40 ⁴¹"He has blinded their eyes and ⁴²hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."

41 Isaiah said these things because ⁴³he saw his glory and ⁴⁴spoke of him.

42 Nevertheless, ⁴⁵many even of the authorities believed in him, but ⁴⁶for fear of the Pharisees they did not ⁴⁷confess it, so that they would not be ⁴⁸put out of the synagogue;

43 ⁴⁹for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Cross References

• 1. [1 Kings 8:41-43; Acts 8:27]
• 2. Acts 17:4; [Mark 7:26]; See John 7:35
• 3. John 1:44
• 4. See Mark 13:3
• 5. John 17:1; [ver. 27; John 13:31, 32; Mark 14:41]; See John 2:4
• 6. ver. 16
• 7. 1 Corinthians 15:36
• 8. See Matthew 10:39
• 9. [John 11:25]
• 10. See Luke 14:26
• 11. John 8:12; John 21:18
• 12. John 14:3; John 17:24; [2 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:17]
• 13. [John 14:21, 23; John 16:27]
• 14. 1 Samuel 2:30; Psalms 91:15
• 15. John 11:33; John 13:21; [Luke 22:44]
• 16. Mark 14:35; [Hebrews 5:7]
• 17. ver. 23
• 18. [John 18:37]
• 19. ver. 23
• 20. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22; Luke 9:35; 2 Peter 1:17
• 21. Acts 23:9
• 22. John 11:42
• 23. John 16:11; [John 16:33]
• 24. John 14:30; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 6:12; [Matthew 13:19; Luke 4:6; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:19]
• 25. [Luke 10:18; Colossians 2:15; 1 John 3:8]
• 26. John 3:14; John 8:28
• 27. See John 6:44
• 28. Romans 5:18; Romans 8:32; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Timothy 2:6; Hebrews 2:9; 1 John 2:2
• 29. John 18:32
• 30. Psalms 89:4; Psalms 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Luke 1:33
• 31. ver. 32
• 32. ver. 46; See John 1:4, 9; John 8:12
• 33. See John 7:33
• 34. Jeremiah 13:16; Ephesians 5:8
• 35. 1 Thessalonians 5:4
• 36. Isaiah 9:2; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:11; [John 11:10]
• 37. See Luke 10:6
• 38. [Matthew 1:22]
• 39. Romans 10:16; Cited from Isaiah 53:1
• 40. [John 5:44]
• 41. [Isaiah 6:10]; See Matthew 13:14, 15
• 42. See Mark 6:52
• 43. Isaiah 6:1
• 44. [John 5:46]
• 45. John 3:1; [John 7:48]
• 46. See John 7:13
• 47. See John 9:22
• 48. See John 9:22
• 49. John 5:44