John 12:27-36

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[a] 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’?”
35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

Cross References 19

  • 1. Matthew 26:38,39; John 11:33,38; John 13:21
  • 2. S Matthew 11:25
  • 3. ver 23
  • 4. S Matthew 3:17
  • 5. Exodus 19:9; John 11:42
  • 6. John 16:11
  • 7. John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:19
  • 8. ver 34; Isaiah 11:10; John 3:14; John 8:28
  • 9. John 6:44
  • 10. John 18:32; John 21:19
  • 11. S John 10:34
  • 12. Psalms 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 7:14
  • 13. S Matthew 8:20
  • 14. John 3:14
  • 15. ver 46
  • 16. Ephesians 5:8
  • 17. 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:11
  • 18. ver 46; S Luke 16:8
  • 19. John 8:59

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Greek for "lifted up" also means "exalted" .
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