John 12:17 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.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
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.

English Standard Version
The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

New American Standard Bible
So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.

King James Bible
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.

International Standard Version
So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify to what they had seen.

American Standard Version
The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead.

Darby Bible Translation
The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead.

Young's Literal Translation
The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

12:12-19 Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists. Many excellent things, both in the word and providence of God, disciples do not understand at their first acquaintance with the things of God. The right understanding of spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, prevents our misapplying the Scriptures which speak of it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

16. 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.