John 12:18
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.
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.
That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
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!”
20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
- KJV
- For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.
- WEB
- For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
- ASV
- For this cause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had done this sign.
- DARBY
- Therefore also the crowd met him because they had heard that he had done this sign.
- BLB
- Because of this the crowd also met Him, because they heard of His having done this sign.
- ÅB
- derfor var det også folket gikk ham i møte, fordi de hadde hørt at han hadde gjort dette tegn.
- OTB
- Mange mennesker, som hadde hørt om dette mirakuløse tegnet, gikk ut for å møte ham.
- B1930
- derfor var det også folket gikk ham i møte, fordi de hadde hørt at han hadde gjort dette tegn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 12:11
for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
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