Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 12

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John 12 . 1 , Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet; John 12 . 9 , The people flock to see Lazarus; John 12 . 10 , The chief priests consult to kill him; John 12 . 12 , Christ rides into Jerusalem; John 12 . 20 , Greeks desire to see Jesus; John 12 . 23 , He foretells his death; John 12 . 37 , The Jews are generally blinded; John 12 . 42 , yet many chief rulers believe , but do not confess him; John 12 . 44 , therefore Jesus calls earnestly for confession of faith.

John 12:1

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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John 12:2

So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

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John 12:3

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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spikenard Spikenard is a highly a romatic plant growing in India , whence was made a very valuable unguent or perfume , used at the ancient baths and feasts. It is identified by Sir W. Jones with the sumbul of the Persians and Arabs , and jatamansi of the Hindoos; and he considers it a species of the valerian , of the triandria monogynia class of plants. The root is from three to twelve inches long , fibrous , sending up above the earth between thirty and forty ears or spikes , from which it has its name; stem , lower part perennial , upper part herbaceous , sub-erect , simple , from six to twelve inches long; leaves entire , smooth , fourfold , the inner radical pair petioled and cordate , the rest sessile and lanceolate; pericarp , a single seed crowned with a pappus.

John 12:4

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,

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John 12:5

“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”

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John 12:6

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

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John 12:7

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

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John 12:8

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

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John 12:9

Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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John 12:10

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

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John 12:11

for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.

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John 12:12

The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

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John 12:13

They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

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John 12:14

Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

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John 12:15

“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

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John 12:16

At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

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John 12:17

Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.

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John 12:18

That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

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John 12:19

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

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John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

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John 12:21

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

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John 12:22

Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.

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John 12:23

But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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John 12:24

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.

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John 12:25

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

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John 12:27

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

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John 12:28

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

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John 12:29

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

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John 12:30

In response, Jesus said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours.

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John 12:31

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

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John 12:32

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

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John 12:33

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

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John 12:34

The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

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John 12:35

Then Jesus 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.

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John 12:36

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

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John 12:37

Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.

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John 12:38

This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

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John 12:39

For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:

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John 12:40

“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.”

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John 12:41

Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

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John 12:42

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

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John 12:43

For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

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John 12:44

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

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John 12:45

And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

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John 12:46

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

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John 12:47

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

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John 12:48

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

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John 12:49

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

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John 12:50

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

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web32 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations John 12:13 → Psalms 118:25-26, John 12:14-15 → Zechariah 9:9, John 12:38 → Isaiah 53:1, John 12:39-40 → Isaiah 6:10
Allusions John 12:23 → Isaiah 52:13, John 12:32 → Isaiah 52:13, John 12:32-34 → Numbers 21:8-9, John 12:41 → Isaiah 6:1, John 12:48 → Deuteronomy 18:19, John 12:49 → Deuteronomy 18:18-19, John 12:8 → Deuteronomy 15:11
Trajectories
Bronze Serpent (Lifted Up for Healing), Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice), Divine Identity (Deity of Christ), Garden Commission (Extending Sacred Space), Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger), Moses (The Prophet Like Unto Me), Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb), Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods), Rejection Then Exaltation (Pattern of Suffering and Glory), Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved), Sabbatical Year (Land Rest and Trust), Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice), Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins), Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation), Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement), Theophanies (Pre-Incarnate Appearances of Christ)
Chiasms
Shaped John 12:01–11, John 12:12–19, John 12:20–13:01, John 12:35–46, John 12:47–50
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