Jn. 12:20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.
Jn. 12:21 “Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Yeshua.”
Jn. 12:22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Yeshua.
Jn. 12:23 But Yeshua answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.”
Jn. 12:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.”
Jn. 12:25 “He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”
Jn. 12:26 “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
Here Yeshua issues an invitation once again for salvation for all those who would follow Him. It is like a final appeal.
Jn. 12:27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour? But for this purpose I came to this hour.”
Jn. 12:28 “Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from Heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
A Bat Kol comes from Heaven answering Yeshua. The best way I know how to explain the “Bat Kol” (translated “daughter of a voice”) is that it is Heaven’s public address system. I don’t like using that description, but that is the simplest way I know how to explain it.
Jn. 12:29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
Jn. 12:30 Yeshua answered and said, “This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake,”
Jn. 12:31 “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.”
By His death He will judge the world. Judgment will also be pass down on Satan. What is unusual is that this Heavenly Voice comes so that the common people can hear it. There should be no doubt at all in the people's minds as to who Yeshua is or His purpose here on earth.
Jn. 12:32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
Originally Yeshua was sent only to the Jews. After His death and resurrection, all men will be drawn to Him. But this is not the time that can freely come to Him.
Jn. 12:33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die.
Jn. 12:34 The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever, and how can you say, ”The Son of Man must be lifted up? ” Who is this Son of Man?”
Jn. 12:35 Then Yeshua said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lets darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.”
Jn. 12:36 “While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of the light.” These things Yeshua spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.
Jn. 12:37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him.
Jn. 12:38 That the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled which he spoke, “”Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
Source: Isaiah 53:1
Jn. 12:39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:
Jn. 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, lest they should turn, so that I should heal them.”
Source: Isaiah 6:10
Jn. 12:41 These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
Jn. 12:42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue.
Rabbinic literature records two types of bans which may shed some light on John’s Gospel. The first degree ban was known as nidduy. It normally involved a thirty-day period of isolation from the congregation. The Talmud lists twenty-four minor offenses for which nidduy was imposed, including violations such as profaning God’s name, nonpayment of judgment debt, negligence in ritual slaughtering, disrespecting a teacher of the Torah, or testifying against a Jew in a non-Jewish court. The nidduy was a corrective measure, not intended to banish the errant one forever from the congregation but to make him conscious of his sin and to aid in his return. The most severe ban was the herem, an unlimited exclusion from the congregation which could, however, be lifted. Although the concept of herem was deeply rooted in the Hebrew Scriptures, until the third century C.E. Rabbinic literature appears to lack reference to herem in the sense of “excommunication.”
Jn. 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Jn. 12:44 Then Yeshua cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me.”
Jn. 12:45 “And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.”
Jn. 12:46 “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.”
Jn. 12:47 “And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come into the world but to save the world.”
Jn. 12:48 “He that rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him – the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.”
Failure to accept the words that Yeshua has spoken all these days will result in judgment in the final days. That judgment which will come first in 70 C.E. will be a horrible one, but not near as terrible as the final judgment of the Great White Throne.
Jn. 12:49 “For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.”
Jn. 12:50 “And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
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