John 12:15-34

15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”^[a]

16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.

18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him.

19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”

Jesus Predicts His Death

20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.

21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”

22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

28 Father, glorify your name!”Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine.

31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.

32 And I, when I am lifted up^[b] from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

Cross References

• 1. Zechariah 9:9
• 2. S Mark 9:32
• 3. ver 23; John 2:22; John 7:39; John 14:26
• 4. John 11:42
• 5. ver 11; Luke 19:37
• 6. John 11:47,48
• 7. John 7:35; Acts 11:20
• 8. S Matthew 11:21; John 1:44
• 9. S Matthew 26:18
• 10. John 13:32; John 17:1
• 11. 1 Corinthians 15:36
• 12. Matthew 10:39; Mark 8:35; Luke 14:26; Luke 17:33
• 13. S Matthew 25:46
• 14. John 14:3; John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17
• 15. Matthew 26:38,39; John 11:33,38; John 13:21
• 16. S Matthew 11:25
• 17. ver 23
• 18. S Matthew 3:17
• 19. Exodus 19:9; John 11:42
• 20. John 16:11
• 21. John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:19
• 22. ver 34; Isaiah 11:10; John 3:14; John 8:28
• 23. John 6:44
• 24. John 18:32; John 21:19
• 25. S John 10:34
• 26. Psalms 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 7:14
• 27. S Matthew 8:20
• 28. John 3:14

Footnotes

• [a] Zech. 9:9
• [b] The Greek for "lifted up" also means "exalted" .