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;
Jesus, however, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom He had raised from the dead.
2 they made, therefore, a dinner to Him there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together with Him;
So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.
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.
Availing herself of the opportunity, Mary took a pound weight of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over His feet, and wiped His feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 Therefore one of His disciples—Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver Him up—says,
Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve--the one who afterwards betrayed Jesus),
5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”
"Why was not that perfume sold for 300 shillings and the money given to the poor?"
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.
The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor, but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box, he used to steal what was put into it.
7 Jesus, therefore, said, “Permit her; she has kept it for the day of My embalming,
But Jesus interposed. "Do not blame her," He said, "allow her to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.
8 for you always have the poor with yourselves, and you do not always have Me.”
For the poor you always have with you, but you have not me always."
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 it became widely known among the Jews that Jesus was there; but they came not only on His account, but also in order to see Lazarus whom He had brought back to life.
10 and the chief priests took counsel, that they may also kill Lazarus,
The High Priests, however, consulted together to put Lazarus also to death,
11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.
for because of him many of the Jews left them and became believers in Jesus.
12 On the next day, a great multitude that came to the celebration, having heard that Jesus comes to Jerusalem,
The next day a great crowd of those who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
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”;
took branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, shouting as they went, "God save him! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord--even on the King of Israel!"
14 and Jesus having found a young donkey sat on it, according as it is written,
And Jesus, having procured a young ass, sat upon it, just as the Scripture says,
15 “Do not fear, daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes, sitting on a colt of a donkey.”
"Fear not, Daughter of Zion! See, thy King is coming riding on an ass's colt."
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.
The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to 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;
The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.
18 because of this the multitude also met Him, because they heard of His having done this sign,
This was also why the crowd came to meet Him, because they had heard of His having performed that miracle.
19 therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, “You see that you do not gain anything, behold, the world went after Him.”
The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, "Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!"
20 And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the celebration,
Now some of those who used to come up to worship at the Festival were 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”;
They came to Philip, of Bethsaida in Galilee, with the request, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
22 Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
Philip came and told Andrew: Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 And Jesus responded to them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man may be glorified;
His answer was, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
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 most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.
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)
He who holds his life dear, is destroying it; and he who makes his life of no account in this world shall keep it to the Life of the Ages. (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 a man wishes to be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there too shall my servant be. If a man wishes to be my servant, the Father will honour him.
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 is my soul full of trouble; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose I have come 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, glorify Thy name." Thereupon there came a voice from the sky, "I have glorified it and will also glorify 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 that stood by and heard it, said that there had been thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to him."
30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not come because of Me, but because of you;
"It is not for my sake," said Jesus, "that that voice came, but for your sakes.
31 now is a judgment of this world, now will the ruler of this world be cast forth;
Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out.
32 and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”
And I-- if I am lifted up from the earth--will draw all men to me."
33 And this He said signifying by what death He was about to die;
He said this to indicate the kind of death He would 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)
The crowd answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ remains for ever. In what sense do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is that 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;
"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark 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,
In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and 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 He had performed such great miracles in their presence, they 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 order that the words of Isaiah the Prophet might be fulfilled, "Lord, who has believed our preaching? And the arm of the Lord--to whom has it been unveiled?"
39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,
For this reason they were unable to believe--because Isaiah said again,
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 made their minds callous, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their minds, and should turn, and I should heal them."
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke of Him.
Isaiah uttered these words because he saw His glory; and he spoke of Him.
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,
Nevertheless even from among the Rulers many believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not avow their belief, for fear they should be shut out from the synagogue.
43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
For they loved the glory that comes from men rather than the glory that comes 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 cried aloud, "He who believes in me, believes not so much in me, as 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 like light into the world, in order that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.
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.
And if any one hears my teachings and regards them not, I do not judge him; for I did not come 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 sets me at naught and does not receive my teachings is not left without a judge: the Message which I have spoken will judge him on 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,
Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.
