THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY. (Joh 12:1-11) six days before the passover--that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
1Seis días antes de la pascua, vino Jesús a Betania, donde estaba Lázaro, el que había estado muerto, y a quien había resucitado de los muertos.
2Y le hicieron allí una cena; Marta servía, y Lázaro era uno de los que estaban sentados a la mesa con él.
3Entonces María tomó una libra de perfume de nardo puro, de mucho precio, y ungió los pies de Jesús, y los enjugó con sus cabellos; y la casa se llenó del olor del perfume.
4Y dijo uno de sus discípulos, Judas Iscariote hijo de Simón, el que le había de entregar:
5¿Por qué no fue este perfume vendido por trescientos denarios, y dado a los pobres?
6Pero dijo esto, no porque se cuidara de los pobres, sino porque era ladrón, y teniendo la bolsa, sustraía de lo que se echaba en ella.
7Entonces Jesús dijo: Déjala; para el día de mi sepultura ha guardado esto.
8Porque a los pobres siempre los tendréis con vosotros, mas a mí no siempre me tendréis.
9Gran multitud de los judíos supieron entonces que él estaba allí, y vinieron, no solamente por causa de Jesús, sino también para ver a Lázaro, a quien había resucitado de los muertos.
10Pero los principales sacerdotes acordaron dar muerte también a Lázaro,
11porque a causa de él muchos de los judíos se apartaban y creían en Jesús.
12El siguiente día, grandes multitudes que habían venido a la fiesta, al oír que Jesús venía a Jerusalén,
13tomaron ramas de palmera y salieron a recibirle, y clamaban: ¡Hosanna! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor, el Rey de Israel!
14Y halló Jesús un asnillo, y montó sobre él, como está escrito:
15No temas, hija de Sion; He aquí tu Rey viene, Montado sobre un pollino de asna.
16Estas cosas no las entendieron sus discípulos al principio; pero cuando Jesús fue glorificado, entonces se acordaron de que estas cosas estaban escritas acerca de él, y de que se las habían hecho.
17Y daba testimonio la gente que estaba con él cuando llamó a Lázaro del sepulcro, y le resucitó de los muertos.
18Por lo cual también había venido la gente a recibirle, porque había oído que él había hecho esta señal.
19Pero los fariseos dijeron entre sí: Ya veis que no conseguís nada. Mirad, el mundo se va tras él.
20Había ciertos griegos entre los que habían subido a adorar en la fiesta.
21Estos, pues, se acercaron a Felipe, que era de Betsaida de Galilea, y le rogaron, diciendo: Señor, quisiéramos ver a Jesús.
22Felipe fue y se lo dijo a Andrés; entonces Andrés y Felipe se lo dijeron a Jesús.
23Jesús les respondió diciendo: Ha llegado la hora para que el Hijo del Hombre sea glorificado.
24De cierto, de cierto os digo, que si el grano de trigo no cae en la tierra y muere, queda solo; pero si muere, lleva mucho fruto.
25El que ama su vida, la perderá; y el que aborrece su vida en este mundo, para vida eterna la guardará.
26Si alguno me sirve, sígame; y donde yo estuviere, allí también estará mi servidor. Si alguno me sirviere, mi Padre le honrará.
27Ahora está turbada mi alma; ¿y qué diré? ¿Padre, sálvame de esta hora? Mas para esto he llegado a esta hora.
28Padre, glorifica tu nombre. Entonces vino una voz del cielo: Lo he glorificado, y lo glorificaré otra vez.
29Y la multitud que estaba allí, y había oído la voz, decía que había sido un trueno. Otros decían: Un ángel le ha hablado.
30Respondió Jesús y dijo: No ha venido esta voz por causa mía, sino por causa de vosotros.
31Ahora es el juicio de este mundo; ahora el príncipe de este mundo será echado fuera.
32Y yo, si fuere levantado de la tierra, a todos atraeré a mí mismo.
33Y decía esto dando a entender de qué muerte iba a morir.
34Le respondió la gente: Nosotros hemos oído de la ley, que el Cristo permanece para siempre. ¿Cómo, pues, dices tú que es necesario que el Hijo del Hombre sea levantado? ¿Quién es este Hijo del Hombre?
35Entonces Jesús les dijo: Aún por un poco está la luz entre vosotros; andad entre tanto que tenéis luz, para que no os sorprendan las tinieblas; porque el que anda en tinieblas, no sabe a dónde va.
36Entre tanto que tenéis la luz, creed en la luz, para que seáis hijos de luz. Estas cosas habló Jesús, y se fue y se ocultó de ellos.
37Pero a pesar de que había hecho tantas señales delante de ellos, no creían en él;
38para que se cumpliese la palabra del profeta Isaías, que dijo: Señor, ¿quién ha creído a nuestro anuncio? ¿Y a quién se ha revelado el brazo del Señor?
39Por esto no podían creer, porque también dijo Isaías:
40Cegó los ojos de ellos, y endureció su corazón; Para que no vean con los ojos, y entiendan con el corazón, Y se conviertan, y yo los sane.
41Isaías dijo esto cuando vio su gloria, y habló acerca de él.
42Con todo eso, aun de los gobernantes, muchos creyeron en él; pero a causa de los fariseos no lo confesaban, para no ser expulsados de la sinagoga.
43Porque amaban más la gloria de los hombres que la gloria de Dios.
44Jesús clamó y dijo: El que cree en mí, no cree en mí, sino en el que me envió;
45y el que me ve, ve al que me envió.
46Yo, la luz, he venido al mundo, para que todo aquel que cree en mí no permanezca en tinieblas.
47Al que oye mis palabras, y no las guarda, yo no le juzgo; porque no he venido a juzgar al mundo, sino a salvar al mundo.
48El que me rechaza, y no recibe mis palabras, tiene quien le juzgue; la palabra que he hablado, ella le juzgará en el día postrero.
49Porque yo no he hablado por mi propia cuenta; el Padre que me envió, él me dio mandamiento de lo que he de decir, y de lo que he de hablar.
50Y sé que su mandamiento es vida eterna. Así pues, lo que yo hablo, lo hablo como el Padre me lo ha dicho.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. Martha served--This, with what is afterwards said of Mary's way of honoring her Lord, is so true …
Martha served--This, with what is afterwards said of Mary's way of honoring her Lord, is so true to the character in which those two women appear in Luk 10:38-42, as to constitute one of the strongest and most delightful confirmations of the truth of both narratives. (See also on Joh 11:20).
Lazarus . . . sat at the table--"Between the raised Lazarus and the healed leper (Simon, Mar 14:3), the Lord probably sits as between two trophies of His glory" [STIER].
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II. spikenard--or pure nard, a celebrated aromatic (Sol 1:12).
spikenard--or pure nard, a celebrated aromatic (Sol 1:12).
anointed the feet of Jesus--and "poured it on His head" (Mat 26:7; Mar 14:3). The only use of this was to refresh and exhilarate--a grateful compliment in the East, amidst the closeness of a heated atmosphere, with many guests at a feast. Such was the form in which Mary's love to Christ, at so much cost to herself, poured itself out.
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III. Judas . . . who should betray him--For the reason why this is here mentioned, see on Mar 14:11.
Judas . . . who should betray him--For the reason why this is here mentioned, see on Mar 14:11.
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IV. three hundred pence--between nine and ten pounds sterling.
three hundred pence--between nine and ten pounds sterling.
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V. had the bag--the purse.
had the bag--the purse.
bare what was put therein--not, bare it off by theft, though that he did; but simply, had charge of its contents, was treasurer to Jesus and the Twelve. How worthy of notice is this arrangement, by which an avaricious and dishonest person was not only taken into the number of the Twelve, but entrusted with the custody of their little property! The purposes which this served are obvious enough; but it is further noticeable, that the remotest hint was never given to the eleven of His true character, nor did the disciples most favored with the intimacy of Jesus ever suspect him, till a few minutes before he voluntarily separated himself from their company--for ever!
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VI. said Jesus, Let her alone, against the day of my burying hath she done this--not that she thought…
said Jesus, Let her alone, against the day of my burying hath she done this--not that she thought of His burial, much less reserved any of her nard to anoint her dead Lord. But as the time was so near at hand when that office would have to be performed, and she was not to have that privilege even alter the spices were brought for the purpose (Mar 16:1), He lovingly regards it as done now.
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VII. the poor always . . . with you--referring to Deu 15:11.
the poor always . . . with you--referring to Deu 15:11.
but me . . . not always--a gentle hint of His approaching departure. He adds (Mar 14:8), "She hath done what she could," a noble testimony, embodying a principle of immense importance. "Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her" (Mat 26:13; Mar 14:9). "In the act of love done to Him she had erected to herself an eternal monument, as lasting as the Gospel, the eternal word of God. From generation to generation this remarkable prophecy of the Lord has been fulfilled; and even we, in explaining this saying of the Redeemer, of necessity contribute to its accomplishment" [OLSHAUSEN]. "Who but Himself had the power to ensure to any work of man, even if resounding in his own time through the whole earth, an imperishable remembrance in the stream of history? Behold once more here, the majesty of His royal judicial supremacy in the government of the world, in this, Verily I say unto you" [STIER]. Beautiful are the lessons here: (1) Love to Christ transfigures the humblest services. All, indeed, who have themselves a heart value its least outgoings beyond the most costly mechanical performances; but how does it endear the Saviour to us to find Him endorsing the principle as His own standard in judging of character and deeds!
What though in poor and humble guise
Thou here didst sojourn, cottage-born,
Yet from Thy glory in the skies
Our earthly gold Thou didst not scorn.
For Love delights to bring her best,
And where Love is, that offering evermore is blest.
Love on the Saviour's dying head
Her spikenard drops unblam'd may pour,
May mount His cross, and wrap Him dead
In spices from the golden shore.
KEBLE.
(2) Works of utility should never be set in opposition to the promptings of self-sacrificing love, and the sincerity of those who do so is to be suspected. Under the mask of concern for the poor at home, how many excuse themselves from all care of the perishing heathen abroad. (3) Amidst conflicting duties, that which our "hand (presently) findeth to do" is to be preferred, and even a less duty only to be done now to a greater that can be done at any time. (4) "If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not" (Co2 8:12). --"She hath done what she could" (Mar 14:8). (5) As Jesus beheld in spirit the universal diffusion of His Gospel, while His lowest depth of humiliation was only approaching, so He regards the facts of His earthly history as constituting the substance of this Gospel, and the relation of them as just the "preaching of this Gospel." Not that preachers are to confine themselves to a bare narration of these facts, but that they are to make their whole preaching turn upon them as its grand center, and derive from them its proper vitality; all that goes before this in the Bible being but the preparation for them, and all that follows but the sequel.
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VIII. Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be …
Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be there, as to see dead Lazarus alive; and this, issuing in their accession to Christ, led to a plot against the life of Lazarus also, as the only means of arresting the triumphs of Jesus (see Joh 12:19) --to such a pitch had these chief priests come of diabolical determination to shut out the light from themselves, and quench it from the earth!
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IX. CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. (Joh 12:12-19)
CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. (Joh 12:12-19)
On the next day--the Lord's day, or Sunday (see on Joh 12:1); the tenth day of the Jewish month Nisan, on which the paschal lamb was set apart to be "kept up until the fourteenth day of the same month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel were to kill it in the evening" (Exo 12:3, Exo 12:6). Even so, from the day of this solemn entry into Jerusalem, "Christ our Passover" was virtually set apart to be "sacrificed for us" (Co1 5:7).
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X. when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, &c.--The Sp…
when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, &c.--The Spirit, descending on them from the glorified Saviour at Pentecost, opened their eyes suddenly to the true sense of the Old Testament, brought vividly to their recollection this and other Messianic predictions, and to their unspeakable astonishment showed them that they, and all the actors in these scenes, had been unconsciously fulfilling those predictions.
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XI. SOME GREEKS DESIRE TO SEE JESUS--THE DISCOURSE AND SCENE THEREUPON. (John 12:20-36)
SOME GREEKS DESIRE TO SEE JESUS--THE DISCOURSE AND SCENE THEREUPON. (John 12:20-36)
Greeks--Not Grecian Jews, but Greek proselytes to the Jewish faith, who were wont to attend the annual festivals, particularly this primary one, the Passover.
The same came therefore to Philip . . . of Bethsaida--possibly as being from the same quarter.
saying, Sir, we would see Jesus--certainly in a far better sense than Zaccheus (Luk 19:3). Perhaps He was then in that part of the temple court to which Gentile proselytes had no access. "These men from the west represent, at the end of Christ's life, what the wise men from the east represented at its beginning; but those come to the cross of the King, even as these to His manger" [STIER].
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XII. Philip . . . telleth Andrew--As follow townsmen of Bethsaida (Joh 1:44), these two seem to have d…
Philip . . . telleth Andrew--As follow townsmen of Bethsaida (Joh 1:44), these two seem to have drawn to each other.
Andrew and Philip tell Jesus--The minuteness of these details, while they add to the graphic force of the narrative, serves to prepare us for something important to come out of this introduction.
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XIII. Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--that is, They woul…
Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--that is, They would see Jesus, would they? Yet a little moment, and they shall see Him so as now they dream not of. The middle wall of partition that keeps them out from the commonwealth of Israel is on the eve of breaking down, "and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto Me"; I see them "flying as a cloud, and as doves to their cotes"--a glorious event that will be for the Son of man, by which this is to be brought about. It is His death He thus sublimely and delicately alluded to. Lost in the scenes of triumph which this desire of the Greeks to see Him called up before His view, He gives no direct answer to their petition for an interview, but sees the cross which was to bring them gilded with glory.
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XIV. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth…
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit--The necessity of His death is here brightly expressed, and its proper operation and fruit--life springing forth out of death--imaged forth by a beautiful and deeply significant law of the vegetable kingdom. For a double reason, no doubt, this was uttered--to explain what he had said of His death, as the hour of His own glorification, and to sustain His own Spirit under the agitation which was mysteriously coming over it in the view of that death.
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XV. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it un…
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal--(See on Luk 9:24). Did our Lord mean to exclude Himself from the operation of the great principle here expressed--self-renunciation, the law of self-preservation; and its converse, self-preservation, the law of self-destruction? On the contrary, as He became Man to exemplify this fundamental law of the Kingdom of God in its most sublime form, so the very utterance of it on this occasion served to sustain His own Spirit in the double prospect to which He had just alluded.
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16. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: If any ma…
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: If any man serve me, him will my Father honour--Jesus here claims the same absolute subjection to Himself, as the law of men's exaltation to honor, as He yielded to the Father.
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17. Now is my soul troubled--He means at the prospect of His death, just alluded to. Strange view of …
Now is my soul troubled--He means at the prospect of His death, just alluded to. Strange view of the Cross this, immediately after representing it as the hour of His glory! (Joh 12:23). But the two views naturally meet, and blend into one. It was the Greeks, one might say, that troubled Him. Ah! they shall see Jesus, but to Him it shall be a costly sight.
and what shall I say?--He is in a strait betwixt two. The death of the cross was, and could not but be, appalling to His spirit. But to shrink from absolute subjection to the Father, was worse still. In asking Himself, "What shall I say?" He seems as if thinking aloud, feeling His way between two dread alternatives, looking both of them sternly in the face, measuring, weighing them, in order that the choice actually made might be seen, and even by himself the more vividly felt, to be a profound, deliberate, spontaneous election.
Father, save me from this hour--To take this as a question--"Shall I say, Father, save me," &c.--as some eminent editors and interpreters do, is unnatural and jejune. It is a real petition, like that in Gethsemane, "Let this cup pass from Me"; only whereas there He prefaces the prayer with an "If it be possible," here He follows it up with what is tantamount to that--"Nevertheless for this cause came I unto this hour." The sentiment conveyed, then, by the prayer, in both cases, is twofold: (1) that only one thing could reconcile Him to the death of the cross--its being His Father's will He should endure it--and (2) that in this view of it He yielded Himself freely to it. What He recoils from is not subjection to His Father's will: but to show how tremendous a self-sacrifice that obedience involved, He first asks the Father to save Him from it, and then signifies how perfectly He knows that He is there for the very purpose of enduring it. Only by letting these mysterious words speak their full meaning do they become intelligible and consistent. As for those who see no bitter elements in the death of Christ--nothing beyond mere dying--what can they make of such a scene? and when they place it over against the feelings with which thousands of His adoring followers have welcomed death for His sake, how can they hold Him up to the admiration of men?
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18. Father, glorify thy name--by a present testimony.
Father, glorify thy name--by a present testimony.
I have both glorified it--referring specially to the voice from heaven at His baptism, and again at His transfiguration.
and will glorify it again--that is, in the yet future scenes of His still deeper necessity; although this promise was a present and sublime testimony, which would irradiate the clouded spirit of the Son of man.
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19. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--some heari…
The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--some hearing only a sound, others an articulate, but to them unintelligible voice.
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20. Jesus . . . said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes--that is, probably, to co…
Jesus . . . said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes--that is, probably, to correct the unfavorable impressions which His momentary agitation and mysterious prayer for deliverance may have produced on the by-standers.
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21. Now is the judgment of this world--the world that "crucified the Lord of glory" (Co1 2:8), consid…
Now is the judgment of this world--the world that "crucified the Lord of glory" (Co1 2:8), considered as a vast and complicated kingdom of Satan, breathing his spirit, doing his work, and involved in his doom, which Christ's death by its hands irrevocably sealed.
now shall the prince of this world be cast out--How differently is that fast-approaching "hour" regarded in the kingdoms of darkness and of light! "The hour of relief; from the dread Troubler of our peace--how near it is! Yet a little moment, and the day is ours!" So it was calculated and felt in the one region. "Now shall the prince of this world be cast out," is a somewhat different view of the same event. We know who was right. Though yet under a veil, He sees the triumphs of the Cross in unclouded and transporting light.
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22. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me--The "I" here is emphatic--I, …
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me--The "I" here is emphatic--I, taking the place of the world's ejected prince. "If lifted up," means not only after that I have been lifted up, but, through the virtue of that uplifting. And truly, the death of the Cross, in all its significance, revealed in the light, and borne in upon the heart, by the power of the Holy Ghost, possesses an attraction over the wide world--to civilized and savage, learned and illiterate, alike--which breaks down all opposition, assimilates all to itself, and forms out of the most heterogeneous and discordant materials a kingdom of surpassing glory, whose uniting principle is adoring subjection "to Him that loved them." "Will draw all men 'UNTO ME,'" says He. What lips could venture to utter such a word but His, which "dropt as an honeycomb," whose manner of speaking was evermore in the same spirit of conscious equality with the Father?
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23. This he said, signifying what death he should die--that is, "by being lifted up from the earth" o…
This he said, signifying what death he should die--that is, "by being lifted up from the earth" on "the accursed tree" (Joh 3:14; Joh 8:28).
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24. We have heard out of the law--the scriptures of the Old Testament (referring to such places as Ps…
We have heard out of the law--the scriptures of the Old Testament (referring to such places as Psa 89:28-29; Psa 110:4; Dan 2:44; Dan 7:13-14).
that Christ--the Christ "endureth for ever."
and how sayest thou, The Son of Man must be lifted up, &c.--How can that consist with this "uplifting?" They saw very well both that He was holding Himself up as the Christ and a Christ to die a violent death; and as that ran counter to all their ideas of the Messianic prophecies, they were glad to get this seeming advantage to justify their unyielding attitude.
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25. Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, &c.--Instead of answering…
Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, &c.--Instead of answering their question, He warns them, with mingled majesty and tenderness, against trifling with their last brief opportunity, and entreats them to let in the Light while they have it in the midst of them, that they themselves might be "light in the Lord." In this case, all the clouds which hung around His Person and Mission would speedily be dispelled, while if they continued to hate the light, bootless were all His answers to their merely speculative or captious questions. (See on Luk 13:23).
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26. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them--He who spake as never man…
These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them--He who spake as never man spake, and immediately after words fraught with unspeakable dignity and love, had to "hide Himself" from His auditors! What then must they have been? He retired, probably to Bethany. (The parallels are: Mat 21:17; Luk 21:37).
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27. It is the manner of this Evangelist alone to record his own reflections on the scenes he describe…
It is the manner of this Evangelist alone to record his own reflections on the scenes he describes; but here, having arrived at what was virtually the close of our Lord's public ministry, he casts an affecting glance over the fruitlessness of His whole ministry on the bulk of the now doomed people.
though he had done so many miracles--The word used suggests their nature as well as number.
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28. That the saying of Esaias . . . might be fulfilled--This unbelief did not at all set aside the pu…
That the saying of Esaias . . . might be fulfilled--This unbelief did not at all set aside the purposes of God, but, on the contrary, fulfilled them.
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29. Therefore they could not believe, because Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, that the…
Therefore they could not believe, because Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, that they should not see, &c.--That this expresses a positive divine act, by which those who wilfully close their eyes and harden their hearts against the truth are judicially shut up in their unbelief and impenitence, is admitted by all candid critics [as OLSHAUSEN], though many of them think it necessary to contend that this is in no way inconsistent with the liberty of the human will, which of course it is not.
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30. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him--a key of immense importance to…
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him--a key of immense importance to the opening of Isaiah's vision (Isa 6:1-13), and all similar Old Testament representations. "THE SON is the King Jehovah who rules in the Old Testament and appears to the elect, as in the New Testament THE SPIRIT, the invisible Minister of the Son, is the Director of the Church and the Revealer in the sanctuary of the heart" [OLSHAUSEN].
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31. among the chief rulers also--rather, "even of the rulers"; such as Nicodemus and Joseph.
among the chief rulers also--rather, "even of the rulers"; such as Nicodemus and Joseph.
because of the Pharisees--that is, the leaders of the sects; for they were of it themselves.
put out of the synagogue--See Joh 9:22, Joh 9:34.
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32. they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God--"a severe remark, considering that seve…
they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God--"a severe remark, considering that several at least of these persons afterwards boldly confessed Christ. It indicates the displeasure with which God regarded their conduct at this time, and with which He continues to regard similar conduct" [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].
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33. Jesus cried--in a loud tone, and with peculiar solemnity. (Compare Joh 7:37).
Jesus cried--in a loud tone, and with peculiar solemnity. (Compare Joh 7:37).
and said, He that believeth on me, &c.--This seems to be a supplementary record of some weighty proclamations, for which there had been found no natural place before, and introduced here as a sort of summary and winding up of His whole testimony.
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John — Capítulo 12
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY. (Joh 12:1-11) six days before the passover--that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Seis días antes de la pascua, vino Jesús a Betania, donde estaba Lázaro, el que había estado muerto, y a quien había resucitado de los muertos.
2Y le hicieron allí una cena; Marta servía, y Lázaro era uno de los que estaban sentados a la mesa con él.
3Entonces María tomó una libra de perfume de nardo puro, de mucho precio, y ungió los pies de Jesús, y los enjugó con sus cabellos; y la casa se llenó del olor del perfume.
4Y dijo uno de sus discípulos, Judas Iscariote hijo de Simón, el que le había de entregar:
5¿Por qué no fue este perfume vendido por trescientos denarios, y dado a los pobres?
6Pero dijo esto, no porque se cuidara de los pobres, sino porque era ladrón, y teniendo la bolsa, sustraía de lo que se echaba en ella.
7Entonces Jesús dijo: Déjala; para el día de mi sepultura ha guardado esto.
8Porque a los pobres siempre los tendréis con vosotros, mas a mí no siempre me tendréis.
9Gran multitud de los judíos supieron entonces que él estaba allí, y vinieron, no solamente por causa de Jesús, sino también para ver a Lázaro, a quien había resucitado de los muertos.
10Pero los principales sacerdotes acordaron dar muerte también a Lázaro,
11porque a causa de él muchos de los judíos se apartaban y creían en Jesús.
12El siguiente día, grandes multitudes que habían venido a la fiesta, al oír que Jesús venía a Jerusalén,
13tomaron ramas de palmera y salieron a recibirle, y clamaban: ¡Hosanna! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor, el Rey de Israel!
14Y halló Jesús un asnillo, y montó sobre él, como está escrito:
15No temas, hija de Sion; He aquí tu Rey viene, Montado sobre un pollino de asna.
16Estas cosas no las entendieron sus discípulos al principio; pero cuando Jesús fue glorificado, entonces se acordaron de que estas cosas estaban escritas acerca de él, y de que se las habían hecho.
17Y daba testimonio la gente que estaba con él cuando llamó a Lázaro del sepulcro, y le resucitó de los muertos.
18Por lo cual también había venido la gente a recibirle, porque había oído que él había hecho esta señal.
19Pero los fariseos dijeron entre sí: Ya veis que no conseguís nada. Mirad, el mundo se va tras él.
20Había ciertos griegos entre los que habían subido a adorar en la fiesta.
21Estos, pues, se acercaron a Felipe, que era de Betsaida de Galilea, y le rogaron, diciendo: Señor, quisiéramos ver a Jesús.
22Felipe fue y se lo dijo a Andrés; entonces Andrés y Felipe se lo dijeron a Jesús.
23Jesús les respondió diciendo: Ha llegado la hora para que el Hijo del Hombre sea glorificado.
24De cierto, de cierto os digo, que si el grano de trigo no cae en la tierra y muere, queda solo; pero si muere, lleva mucho fruto.
25El que ama su vida, la perderá; y el que aborrece su vida en este mundo, para vida eterna la guardará.
26Si alguno me sirve, sígame; y donde yo estuviere, allí también estará mi servidor. Si alguno me sirviere, mi Padre le honrará.
27Ahora está turbada mi alma; ¿y qué diré? ¿Padre, sálvame de esta hora? Mas para esto he llegado a esta hora.
28Padre, glorifica tu nombre. Entonces vino una voz del cielo: Lo he glorificado, y lo glorificaré otra vez.
29Y la multitud que estaba allí, y había oído la voz, decía que había sido un trueno. Otros decían: Un ángel le ha hablado.
30Respondió Jesús y dijo: No ha venido esta voz por causa mía, sino por causa de vosotros.
31Ahora es el juicio de este mundo; ahora el príncipe de este mundo será echado fuera.
32Y yo, si fuere levantado de la tierra, a todos atraeré a mí mismo.
33Y decía esto dando a entender de qué muerte iba a morir.
34Le respondió la gente: Nosotros hemos oído de la ley, que el Cristo permanece para siempre. ¿Cómo, pues, dices tú que es necesario que el Hijo del Hombre sea levantado? ¿Quién es este Hijo del Hombre?
35Entonces Jesús les dijo: Aún por un poco está la luz entre vosotros; andad entre tanto que tenéis luz, para que no os sorprendan las tinieblas; porque el que anda en tinieblas, no sabe a dónde va.
36Entre tanto que tenéis la luz, creed en la luz, para que seáis hijos de luz. Estas cosas habló Jesús, y se fue y se ocultó de ellos.
37Pero a pesar de que había hecho tantas señales delante de ellos, no creían en él;
38para que se cumpliese la palabra del profeta Isaías, que dijo: Señor, ¿quién ha creído a nuestro anuncio? ¿Y a quién se ha revelado el brazo del Señor?
39Por esto no podían creer, porque también dijo Isaías:
40Cegó los ojos de ellos, y endureció su corazón; Para que no vean con los ojos, y entiendan con el corazón, Y se conviertan, y yo los sane.
41Isaías dijo esto cuando vio su gloria, y habló acerca de él.
42Con todo eso, aun de los gobernantes, muchos creyeron en él; pero a causa de los fariseos no lo confesaban, para no ser expulsados de la sinagoga.
43Porque amaban más la gloria de los hombres que la gloria de Dios.
44Jesús clamó y dijo: El que cree en mí, no cree en mí, sino en el que me envió;
45y el que me ve, ve al que me envió.
46Yo, la luz, he venido al mundo, para que todo aquel que cree en mí no permanezca en tinieblas.
47Al que oye mis palabras, y no las guarda, yo no le juzgo; porque no he venido a juzgar al mundo, sino a salvar al mundo.
48El que me rechaza, y no recibe mis palabras, tiene quien le juzgue; la palabra que he hablado, ella le juzgará en el día postrero.
49Porque yo no he hablado por mi propia cuenta; el Padre que me envió, él me dio mandamiento de lo que he de decir, y de lo que he de hablar.
50Y sé que su mandamiento es vida eterna. Así pues, lo que yo hablo, lo hablo como el Padre me lo ha dicho.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. Martha served--This, with what is afterwards said of Mary's way of honoring her Lord, is so true …
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II. spikenard--or pure nard, a celebrated aromatic (Sol 1:12).
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III. Judas . . . who should betray him--For the reason why this is here mentioned, see on Mar 14:11.
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IV. three hundred pence--between nine and ten pounds sterling.
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V. had the bag--the purse.
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VI. said Jesus, Let her alone, against the day of my burying hath she done this--not that she thought…
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VII. the poor always . . . with you--referring to Deu 15:11.
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VIII. Crowds of the Jerusalem Jews hastened to Bethany, not so much to see Jesus, whom they knew to be …
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IX. CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. (Joh 12:12-19)
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X. when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, &c.--The Sp…
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XI. SOME GREEKS DESIRE TO SEE JESUS--THE DISCOURSE AND SCENE THEREUPON. (John 12:20-36)
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XII. Philip . . . telleth Andrew--As follow townsmen of Bethsaida (Joh 1:44), these two seem to have d…
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XIII. Jesus answered them, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified--that is, They woul…
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XIV. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth…
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XV. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it un…
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16. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: If any ma…
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17. Now is my soul troubled--He means at the prospect of His death, just alluded to. Strange view of …
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18. Father, glorify thy name--by a present testimony.
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19. The people therefore that stood by, said, It thundered; others, An angel spake to him--some heari…
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20. Jesus . . . said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes--that is, probably, to co…
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21. Now is the judgment of this world--the world that "crucified the Lord of glory" (Co1 2:8), consid…
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22. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me--The "I" here is emphatic--I, …
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23. This he said, signifying what death he should die--that is, "by being lifted up from the earth" o…
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24. We have heard out of the law--the scriptures of the Old Testament (referring to such places as Ps…
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25. Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, &c.--Instead of answering…
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26. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them--He who spake as never man…
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27. It is the manner of this Evangelist alone to record his own reflections on the scenes he describe…
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28. That the saying of Esaias . . . might be fulfilled--This unbelief did not at all set aside the pu…
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29. Therefore they could not believe, because Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, that the…
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30. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him--a key of immense importance to…
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31. among the chief rulers also--rather, "even of the rulers"; such as Nicodemus and Joseph.
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32. they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God--"a severe remark, considering that seve…
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33. Jesus cried--in a loud tone, and with peculiar solemnity. (Compare Joh 7:37).