John 12:1 - Jesus went to Bethany six days prior to the passover, this is where Lazarus was, a man that Jesus had raised from the dead.
John 12:2 - At home they fixed dinner and Martha brought the food to the table. Lazarus joined them at the table and sat with Him.
John 12:3 - After which Mary brought a pound of expensive spikenard ointment and anointed Jesus’ feet with it, and used her hair to wipe his feet: and the smell of the ointment permeated the house.
John 12:4 - He would be betrayed by one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, son of Simon; Judas said,
John 12:5 - How come we didn’t sell this stuff for what it is worth and give that money to people in poverty?
John 12:6 - He said he didn’t care about poor people at all because he was nothing but a common street thief toting his filthy, stolen lucre around town.
John 12:7 - Jesus then said, Leave her alone: she has been keeping this to ward the day I am buried.
John 12:8 - You will always have the poor with you, but you may not always have Jesus with you.
John 12:9 - Many of the Jewish people realized he was in that place; and they did not approach him just to see him but so that they might get a look at Lazarus, the man who had been resurrected from death.
John 12:10 - But the highest priests met hoping to decide to also kill Lazarus;
John 12:11 - He was the reason many Jewish people instead began to believe in Jesus.
John 12:12 - Many people would come to the feast on the next day, when news arrived Jesus would be in Jerusalem,
John 12:13 - Bringing palm tree branches with them, they ventured forth to him saying, Hosanna: The King of Israel who has come in the Lord’s name is blessed.
John 12:14 - And after he found a donkey, Jesus sat down on it; as was foretold,
John 12:15 - There is nothing to fear, daughter of Sion, as you can see your King approaches riding on a donkey.
John 12:16 - His disciples did not fully comprehend their actions at the time; it was only later, when Jesus was famous, when they saw their actions in the writing of others and in their own memories, that they understood what they had done.
John 12:17 - The people that was with him as he called Lazarus from his grave, and resurrected him, were witnesses.
John 12:18 - People also came to see what he could do because of the miracle they had heard he performed.
John 12:19 - Therefore, among themselves, the Pharisees said, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him.
John 12:20 - Certain Greeks there came to worship at the feast:
John 12:21 - Then those of Bethsaida of Galilee came to Philip and asked him, Sir may we visit with Jesus.
John 12:22 - Philip came and told Andrew: and then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
John 12:23 - And Jesus replied to them, The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
John 12:24 - In all truth I tell you, a grain of wheat will produce no fruit unless it sinks into the ground and dies: but if it does die, it will produce a great deal of fruit.
John 12:25 - The person who loves his life will lose his life, and the person who hates his life in this world will be stuck with it forever.
John 12:26 - If anyone wants to be my disciple, let him follow in my footsteps; and wherever I am, there he will be too: if anyone serves me faithfully, my Father will give him his well-deserved reward.
John 12:27 - Now I am feeling afraid; but what should I say? Father, save me from this circumstance?: I mean, I didn’t come this far to back out.
John 12:28 - I asked the Father to glorify thy name. He responds that it has been done and will be done again.
John 12:29 - The nearby observers heard the sound. Some of them said they heard thunder, others said they heard an angel speaking to him.
John 12:30 - Jesus answered and said: This voice didn’t come because of me, but rather for your benefit.
John 12:31 - Now this world will be judged: and now the tyrannical spirit of this world will be banished.
John 12:32 - And if I am raised up from the Earth, all men will become my followers.
John 12:33 - He stated specifically how he would die.
John 12:34 - The people answered, The law says that Christ lives forever, so how do you claim that the Son of man will be resurrected?? Who is the Son of man you speak of?
John 12:35 - Jesus asked them to walk with him while it was still light and he said, Walk in the light, for when darkness comes, a man knows not where he comes nor goes.
John 12:36 - Believe in the light that you have abiding in you by me to enable yourselves to be the children of the light, Jesus related to the people, after which he left and stayed to himself, hidden from them.
John 12:37 - Even though he had performed many miracles right before their eyes, they still did not believe in him:
John 12:38 - Will the prophecy of Esaias come true, Lord, for those who believed what we said? who will see the arm of the Lord?
John 12:39 - They couldn’t accept this belief because Isaiah had predicted,
John 12:40 - He had kept them from believing, but I will make them better.
John 12:41 - This is what Esaias said, when he saw his magnificence, and told everything he saw.
John 12:42 - And yet, there were still chief rulers that believed in him, but were afraid to admit to it because the Pharisees may ban them from the synagogue.
John 12:43 - Because they enjoyed men’s praise of them more than that of the Lord.
John 12:44 - Jesus weeped and shouted out, The person that believes in me, believes not in me, but in God that deputed me.
John 12:45 - Whoever has seen me knows who would have asked me to come here.
John 12:46 - I’m like a bright light that has arrived to banish the dark from everyone who believes in me.
John 12:47 - And if any man hears me but does not believe me, I will not judge him because I came to save the world, not to judge it.
John 12:48 - He that rejects me and my words only has one to answer to: and that one will judge him in the end.
John 12:49 - The Father sent me and He is for whom I speak.
John 12:50 - His word is eternal life and, therefore, when I speak, I speak my Father’s words.