John 12

12:25  He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal¹.

12:26  If any man serve me, let him follow me¹; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

12:27  Now is my soul troubled¹; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause ³came I unto this hour.

12:28  Father, glorify thy name¹. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again².

12:29  The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

*NOTE.--I dissent here, as in the case of a similar passage found atsoul's capacity for hearing it, as appears from Saul's conversion( Acts 9:7 ; Acts 22:9 ; Acts 24:13 ). To the mass, therefore, the voice was a meresound; to others, the utterance was articulate though incomprehensible,while to John, and perhaps to all the disciples, the voice communicateda thought. Says Godet,

"Thus the wild beast perceives only a "sound" in the human voice; the trained animal discovers a "meaning"; a command, for example, which it immediately obeys; man alone discerns therein a "thought"."

--Philip Y. Pendleton

12:30  Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes¹.

12:31  Now is the judgment of this world¹: now shall the prince of this world be cast out².

"The meaning of it may be thus expressed: Now is approaching the decisive scene, the eventual period--"the crisis"--when it shall be determined who shall rule this world."

12:32  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself¹.

12:34  The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law¹ that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up³? who is this Son of man⁴?

"This question came midway between the "Hosanna" of the entry into Jerusalem and the "Crucify him" of the trial."

12:35  Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you¹. Walk while ye have the light², that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

12:37  But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him¹:

12:38  that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report¹? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

12:40  He hath blinded their eyes¹, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

12:42  Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue¹:

12:43  for they loved the glory [that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God¹.

12:44  And Jesus cried and said¹, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

12:47  And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world¹.

12:49  For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak¹.