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John 12:29

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.

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

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

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

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

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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
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
KJV
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
WEB
Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
ASV
The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
DARBY
The crowd therefore, which stood [there] and heard [it], said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.
BLB
Therefore the crowd, having stood and having heard, was saying, “There has been thunder.” Others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
ÅB
Folket som sto der og hørte det, sa da at det hadde tordnet; andre sa: Det var en engel som talte til ham.
OTB
Mengden som sto der og hørte det, sa at det hadde tordnet; andre sa: "En engel har talt til ham."
B1930
Folket som stod der og hørte det, sa da at det hadde tordnet; andre sa: Det var en engel som talte til ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 37:2–5

    Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

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  • Revelation 6:1

    Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”

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  • Revelation 14:2

    And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.

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  • Exodus 19:16

    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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  • Ezekiel 10:5

    The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

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  • Job 40:9

    Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

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  • Exodus 20:18

    When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

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  • Revelation 18:1–2

    After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

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