John 12:22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

English Standard Version
Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

New American Standard Bible
Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.

King James Bible
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

International Standard Version
Philip went and told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

American Standard Version
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they tell Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Philip cometh, and telleth Andrew. Again Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

Darby Bible Translation
Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew comes and Philip, and they tell Jesus.

Young's Literal Translation
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

Cross References

John 1:44
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 12:23
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

12:20-26 In attendance upon holy ordinances, particularly the gospel passover, the great desire of our souls should be to see Jesus; to see him as ours, to keep up communion with him, and derive grace from him. The calling of the Gentiles magnified the Redeemer. A corn of wheat yields no increase unless it is cast into the ground. Thus Christ might have possessed his heavenly glory alone, without becoming man. Or, after he had taken man's nature, he might have entered heaven alone, by his own perfect righteousness, without suffering or death; but then no sinner of the human race could have been saved. The salvation of souls hitherto, and henceforward to the end of time, is owing to the dying of this Corn of wheat. Let us search whether Christ be in us the hope of glory; let us beg him to make us indifferent to the trifling concerns of this life, that we may serve the Lord Jesus with a willing mind, and follow his holy example.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

22. 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.