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Text -- John 12:36-50 (NET)
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12:36 While you have the light , believe in the light , so that you may become sons of light .” When Jesus had said these things , he went away and hid himself from them .
The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold
12:37 Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them , they still refused to believe in him ,
12:38 so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled . He said , “Lord , who has believed our message , and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed ?”
12:39 For this reason they could not believe , because again Isaiah said ,
12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart , so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart , and turn to me, and I would heal them .”
12:41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory , and spoke about him .
12:42 Nevertheless , even among the rulers many believed in him , but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue .
12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God .
Jesus’ Final Public Words
12:44 But Jesus shouted out , “The one who believes in me does not believe in me , but in the one who sent me ,
12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me .
12:46 I have come as a light into the world , so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness .
12:47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him . For I have not come to judge the world , but to save the world .
12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge ; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day .
12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority , but the Father himself who sent me has commanded commanded me what I should say and what I should speak .
12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life . Thus the things I say , I say just as the Father has told me .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
KING, CHRIST AS |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Unbelief |
Blindness |
QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Light |
Faith |
Opinion, Public |
Words |
Quotations and Allusions |
Obedience |
Synagogue |
Cowardice |
Confession |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 2 |
WORD |
Life |
Persecution |
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NET Notes -> Joh 12:36; Joh 12:36; Joh 12:37; Joh 12:37; Joh 12:38; Joh 12:38; Joh 12:38; Joh 12:38; Joh 12:39; Joh 12:40; Joh 12:40; Joh 12:40; Joh 12:40; Joh 12:41; Joh 12:41; Joh 12:42; Joh 12:42; Joh 12:42; Joh 12:42; Joh 12:42; Joh 12:42; Joh 12:43; Joh 12:43; Joh 12:44; Joh 12:44; Joh 12:45; Joh 12:47; Joh 12:47; Joh 12:47; Joh 12:48; Joh 12:48; Joh 12:48; Joh 12:49; Joh 12:49; Joh 12:50; Joh 12:50
NET Notes: Joh 12:36 The expression sons of light refers to men and women to whom the truth of God has been revealed and who are therefore living according to that truth, ...
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NET Notes: Joh 12:39 The author explicitly states here that Jesus’ Jewish opponents could not believe, and quotes Isa 6:10 to show that God had in fact blinded their...
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NET Notes: Joh 12:41 Because he saw Christ’s glory. The glory which Isaiah saw in Isa 6:3 was the glory of Yahweh (typically rendered as “Lord” in the OT...
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