John 12:21-50 ▼

21 They came to Philip (friend of horses), who was from Bethsaida (fishing house) in Galilee (circuit), and requested of him, “Sir {Kyrie}, we want to see Jesus (YHWH saves).

22 Philip (friend of horses) relayed this appeal to Andrew (manly), and both of them went and told Jesus (YHWH saves).

23 But Jesus (YHWH saves) replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

24 Truly, truly, I tell you⁺, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25 Whoever loves {philōn} his life {psychēn} will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow (accompany) Me; and where I am, My servant {diakonos} will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father {Patēr} will honor him.

27 Now My soul {psychē} is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father {Pater}, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

28 Father {Pater}, glorify Your name! Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.

29 The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel (messenger) had spoken to Him.

30 In response, Jesus (YHWH saves) said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours⁺.

31 Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.

33 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

34 The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ (the Anointed One) will remain forever \to the age/. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?

35 Then Jesus (YHWH saves) told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you⁺. Walk while you⁺ have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you⁺. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

36 While you⁺ have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you⁺ may become sons of light. After Jesus (YHWH saves) had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.

37 Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe (have faith) in Him.

38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah (YHWH saves) the prophet: “Lord {Kyrie}, who has believed (had faith) our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord {Kyriou} been revealed ?”

39 For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah (YHWH saves) says:

40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them .”

41 Isaiah (YHWH saves) said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory {doxan} and spoke about Him.

42 Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed (had faith) in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

43 For they loved {ēgapēsan} praise {doxan} from men more than praise from God {Theou}.

44 Then Jesus (YHWH saves) cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.

45 And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

47 As for anyone who hears My words {rhēmatōn} and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words {rhēmata}: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

49 I have not spoken on My own, but the Father {Patēr} who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

50 And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father {Patēr} has told Me to say.