John 12
1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died, whom He raised out of the dead;
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.
2 they made, therefore, a dinner to Him there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together with Him;
There a supper was given in his honour at which Martha waited, while Lazarus was one of those present at the table.
3 Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.
So Mary took a pound of choice spikenard perfume of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus with it, and then wiped them with her hair. The whole house was filled with the scent of the perfume.
4 Therefore one of His disciples—Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver Him up—says,
One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked,
5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”
‘Why was not this perfume sold for a year’s wages, and the money given to poor people?’
6 And he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
7 Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,
‘Leave her alone,’ said Jesus, ‘so that she may keep it until the day when my body is being prepared for burial.
8 for you always have the poor with yourselves, and you do not always have Me.”
The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me.’
9 Therefore, a great multitude of the Jews knew that He is there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they may also see Lazarus, whom He raised out of the dead;
Now great numbers of people found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 and the chief priests took counsel, that they may also kill Lazarus,
The chief priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,
11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.
because it was owing to him that many of the people had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.
12 On the next day, a great multitude that came to the celebration, having heard that Jesus comes to Jerusalem,
On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm branches,
13 took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet Him, and were crying, “Hosanna! Blessed [is] He who is coming in the Name of the LORD—the King of Israel”;
and went out to meet him, shouting as they went, ‘God save him! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord – the king of Israel!’
14 and Jesus having found a young donkey sat on it, according as it is written,
Having found a young donkey, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of scripture –
15 “Do not fear, daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes, sitting on a colt of a donkey.”
“Fear not, people of Zion. Your king is coming to you, sitting on the foal of a donkey.”
16 And His disciples did not know these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about Him, and these things they did to Him.
His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in scripture, and that they had done these things for him.
17 The multitude, therefore, who are with Him, were testifying that He called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him out of the dead;
Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.
18 because of this the multitude also met Him, because they heard of His having done this sign,
This, indeed, was why the crowd met him – because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.
19 therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, “You see that you do not gain anything, behold, the world went after Him.”
So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!’
20 And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the celebration,
Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,
21 these then came near to Philip, who [is] from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, “Lord, we wish to see Jesus”;
who went to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’
22 Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
Philip went and told Andrew, and then together they went and told Jesus.
23 And Jesus responded to them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man may be glorified;
This was his reply – ‘The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.
24 truly, truly, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remains alone; and if it may die, it bears much fruit;
In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.
25 he who is cherishing his life will lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world will keep it to continuous life; (aiōnios g166)
A person who loves their life loses it; while someone who hates their life in the present world will preserve it for eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 if anyone may minister to Me, let him follow Me, and where I am, there My servant will be also; and if anyone may minister to Me—the Father will honor him.
If someone is ready to serve me, let them follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If a person is ready to serve me, my Father will honour them.
27 Now My soul has been troubled; and what will I say—Father, save Me from this hour? But because of this I came to this hour;
Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour – yet it was for this reason that I came to this hour –
28 Father, glorify Your Name.” Therefore there came a voice out of Heaven, “I both glorified, and again I will glorify [it]”;
Father, honour your own name.’ At this there came a voice from heaven, which said, ‘I have already honoured it, and I will honour it again.’
29 the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there has been thunder; others said, “A messenger has spoken to Him.”
The crowd of bystanders, who heard the sound, said that it was thundering. Others said, ‘An angel has been speaking to him.’
30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not come because of Me, but because of you;
‘It was not for my sake that the voice came,’ said Jesus, ‘but for yours.
31 now is a judgment of this world, now will the ruler of this world be cast forth;
Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world will be driven out;
32 and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”
and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’
33 And this He said signifying by what death He was about to die;
By these words he indicated what death he was destined to die.
34 the multitude answered Him, “We heard that the Christ remains out of the Law—throughout the age; and how do You say that it is required that the Son of Man be lifted up? Who is this—the Son of Man?” (aiōn g165)
‘We,’ replied the people, ‘have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be “lifted up” Who is this “Son of Man”?’ (aiōn g165)
35 Therefore Jesus said to them, “Yet a short time is the light with you; walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness has not known where he goes;
‘Only a little while longer,’ answered Jesus, ‘will you have the light among you. Travel on while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.
36 while you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” Jesus spoke these things, and having gone away, He was hid from them,
While you still have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be children of light.’ After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.
37 yet He, having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in Him,
But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, “LORD, who gave credence to our report? And the arm of the LORD—to whom was it revealed?”
in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, where he says – “Lord, who has believed our teaching? And to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,
The reason why they were unable to believe is given by Isaiah elsewhere, in these words –
40 “He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn, and I might heal them”;
“He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn – And I should heal them.”
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke of Him.
Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ’s glory; and it was of him that he spoke.
42 Still, however, out of the rulers many also believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,
Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, because of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, because they were afraid that they should be expelled from their synagogues;
43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
for they valued honour from people more than honour from God.
44 And Jesus cried and said, “He who is believing in Me, does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me;
But Jesus had proclaimed, ‘He who believes in me believes, not in me, but in him who sent me;
45 and He who is beholding Me, beholds Him who sent Me;
and he who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 I—light to the world—have come, that everyone who is believing in Me may not remain in the darkness;
I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.
47 and if anyone may hear My sayings, and not believe, I do not judge him, for I did not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
When anyone hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He who is rejecting Me, and not receiving My sayings, has one who is judging him, the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day,
He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already – the message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last day.
49 because I did not speak from Myself, but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.
