John 12:16

¹⁴ Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

¹⁵ “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

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.

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.

¹⁸ That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: [Now] his disciples knew not these things at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.
BLB: His disciples did not know these things from the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him and these things they did to Him.

ÅB: Dette skjønte ikke hans disipler i førstningen; men da Jesus var blitt herliggjort, da kom de i hu at dette var skrevet om ham, og at de hadde gjort dette for ham.
OTB: Først forsto ikke disiplene hans disse tingene. Først etter at Jesus var blitt herliggjort, skjønte de at disse tingene var skrevet om ham og at de hadde gjort disse tingene mot ham.
B1930: Dette skjønte ikke hans disipler i førstningen; men da Jesus var blitt herliggjort, da kom de i hu at dette var skrevet om ham, og at de hadde gjort dette for ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 2:22
After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
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John 7:39
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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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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Acts 2:36
Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
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Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Luke 9:45
But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
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Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
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