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John 12:20

18 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!”

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

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

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

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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
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
KJV
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
WEB
Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
ASV
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
DARBY
And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;
BLB
Now there were certain Greeks among those coming up so that they might worship at the feast.
ÅB
Men der var noen grekere blant dem som pleide å dra opp for å tilbe på høytiden;
OTB
Nå var det noen grekere blant dem som dro opp for å tilbe under høytiden.
B1930
Men der var nogen grekere blandt dem som pleide å dra op for å tilbede på høitiden;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 7:35

    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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  • Isaiah 11:10

    On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

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  • Acts 17:4

    Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

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  • 1 Kings 8:41–43

    And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

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  • Mark 7:26

    Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

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  • Acts 8:27

    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

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  • Galatians 2:3

    Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

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  • Isaiah 60:2–14

    For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

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