Johannes 12:16

16 Dies aber verstanden seine Jünger zuerst nicht; jedoch als Jesus verherrlicht war, dann erinnerten sie sich, daß dies von ihm geschrieben war und sie ihm dies getan hatten.

Johannes 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:16

These things understood not his disciples at the first,
&c.] Or "at that time", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; or "on that day", as the Ethiopic version; they did not then know the sense of that prophecy, nor that the things which were now doing were a fulfilling of it:

but when Jesus was glorified;
was raised front the dead, and ascended to heaven, and was set down at the right hand of God, crowned with glory and honour; and when having received the promise of the Father, the Holy Ghost, and his gifts, he poured them forth in a very plenteous and extraordinary manner upon them; whereby their minds were greatly illuminated, and they had a very distinct knowledge of the Scriptures of the Old Testament; and saw clearly how they severally had their accomplishment in Christ:

then remembered they that these things were written of him;
in the prophecies of the Old Testament;

and [that] they had done these things unto him;
both the disciples and the multitude, or that these things were done to him; such as bringing the ass to him, laying their clothes on it, and setting him upon it, attending him with shoutings and hosannas to the city of Jerusalem

Johannes 12:16 In-Context

14 Jesus aber fand einen jungen Esel und setzte sich darauf, wie geschrieben steht:

15 "Fürchte dich nicht, Tochter Zion! Siehe, dein König kommt, sitzend auf einem Eselsfüllen".

16 Dies aber verstanden seine Jünger zuerst nicht; jedoch als Jesus verherrlicht war, dann erinnerten sie sich, daß dies von ihm geschrieben war und sie ihm dies getan hatten.

17 Es bezeugte nun die Volksmenge, die bei ihm war, daß er Lazarus aus dem Grabe gerufen und ihn aus den Toten auferweckt habe.

18 Darum ging ihm auch die Volksmenge entgegen, weil sie hörten, daß er dieses Zeichen getan hatte.