John 12                                                                                                           

John 12:1 Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

 

16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

• Were written = had been written
• John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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

• John 11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
  15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
  16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
  17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

• For this cause = on account
• Miracle = sign

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

• Pharisees = false teachers
• Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Matthew 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
  2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
  3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
  4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
  5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

• And this was the third day before the Passover, 12th of Nisan, our Sunday sunset to Monday sunset.
• Greeks = gentiles, not Greeks-speaking Jews, or Grecians.
• Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
• Acts 9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
• Worship = This would be in the outer court of the Temple, called the Court of the Gentiles.
• Revelation 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
• The feast = They would not be allowed to eat the Passover, unless they were proselytes.
• Exodus 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
  48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
  49 One law shall be to him that is home born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

• Andrew belonged to the first group of the Apostles, Philip to the second.

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

 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

 

25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

• If you only look for material things of this earth age.
• We're here for reason, God need to know if your going to follow Him or Satan
• God needs to know if you love Him

26 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.

27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

• Now = five days before Passover
• Judgment = Greek word = NT:2920 krisis = decision for or against by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law): accustion, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
• The crisis reached when the world pronounced judgment against Christ and His claims.
• Prince = ruler = Greek word = NT:758 = archon = of NT:757 = prince, ruler.
• Applies to Satan as prince of this world
• Three times here:
• John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
  31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
• John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
  12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
• As prince of the demons in Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
• Mark 3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
• And as prince of the power of the air in Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
• The same word used in Revelation 1:5 of the Lord.
• Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• The prince of this world was a well-know Rabbinical term (prince of the age) for Satan, the angel, as they say, "into whose hands the whole world is delivered".

32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

• Light = Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light,
• Darkness = lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
• Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
  8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
• Psalms 89:36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
  37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

• 4th trumpet = Revelation 8:12
• You can not say, your a Christian and walk in the darkness of this world
• You have to care for your family and your brother and sisters

37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

• Jesus came to save the world

48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

• His commandment is life everlasting

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

 

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25