John

¹Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus (who had been dead and whom Jesus¹¹⁸⁷ had raised from the dead) lived. ²Therefore, they gave a supper for him there. Martha served while Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. ³Then Mary took a pound¹¹⁸⁸ of ointment of pure nard, very precious; she anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. ⁴Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples and the one who would betray him, said, ⁵”Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii¹¹⁸⁹ and given to the poor?” ⁶Now Judas said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into it. ⁷But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! She has kept this for the day of my burial. ⁸For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

⁹Meanwhile, a large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there. They came, not only for Jesus’ sake, but also in order to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰The chief priests even conspired to put Lazarus to death as well, ¹¹because on his account many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believed in him.

The Entrance into Jerusalem

¹²On the next day, a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³they took branches from palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna!¹¹⁹⁰ Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord,¹¹⁹¹ the King of Israel!”

¹⁴Having found a young donkey, Jesus sat on it. As it is written:

¹⁵”Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion!

Behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”¹¹⁹²

¹⁶His disciples did not understand these things at first, but after Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him. ¹⁷Now the multitude that had been with Jesus¹¹⁹³ when he had called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify about it. ¹⁸For this reason also, the crowd had come out to meet him, because they had heard that he had done this sign. ¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how this is accomplishing nothing! Behold, the world has gone after him!”

Greeks inquire about Jesus—The voice from heaven

²⁰Now among those that went up to express adoration¹¹⁹⁴ at the feast were some Greeks. ²¹They came to Philip who was from Bethsaida of Galilee and asked him, “Sir,¹¹⁹⁵ we want to see Jesus.” ²²Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew and Philip told Jesus. ²³But Jesus answered them, saying, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified! ²⁴Amen, amen, I tell you; unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself a single seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit! ²⁵Whoever loves his life will lose it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep¹¹⁹⁶ it to eternal life. ²⁶Anyone who serves me must follow me! Where I am, there will my servant also be. The Father will honor anyone who serves me.

²⁷Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But I have come to this time for this reason. ²⁸Father, glorify your Name!”

Then there came a voice out of heaven,¹¹⁹⁷ saying, “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.”

²⁹At this, the multitude who stood by heard it, and they said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

³⁰Jesus answered, “This voice has not come for my sake, but for your sakes. ³¹Now judgment is upon this world! Now the ruler of this world will be cast out! ³²And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all¹¹⁹⁸ [people] to myself.” ³³But he said this to indicate¹¹⁹⁹ by what kind of death he should die. ³⁴The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever.¹²⁰⁰ How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁵Jesus therefore said to them, “The light is with you a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you. Whoever walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.”

Belief and unbelief

After Jesus had said this, he left and hid from them. ³⁷Still, even though he had performed so many signs in front of them, they did not believe in him. ³⁸This was to fulfill the word of Isaias the prophet:

Lord, who has believed our report?¹²⁰¹

To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?¹²⁰²

³⁹For this reason, they could not believe, for Isaias said elsewhere:

⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart,

lest they should see with their eyes,

and perceive with their heart,

and would turn,

and I would heal them.¹²⁰³

⁴¹Isaias said these things when he saw his glory and spoke of him.^{1204 42}However, even many among the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees, they did not confess it [openly], so that they would not be put out of the synagogue, ⁴³for they loved human praise more than God’s praise.

⁴⁴Jesus cried aloud, “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one who sent me! ⁴⁵Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me. ⁴⁶I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in the dark. ⁴⁷If anyone listens to my sayings and does not believe,¹²⁰⁵ I do not judge this person. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world! ⁴⁸Whoever rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge [already]: the word that I spoke is what will judge such a person in the last day. ⁴⁹Indeed, I did not speak from myself; instead, the Father who sent me has given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. ⁵⁰I know that his commandment is eternal life. And therefore what the Father has told me is what I speak.”

The washing of the disciples’ feet

1187. Greek “he”
1188. A Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams
1189. 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
1190. “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray.”
1191. Psalm 118:25-26/117 LXX
1192. Zechariah 9:9
1193. Greek “him”
1194. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
1195. Or “Lord”
1196. Or “protect”
1197. Or “the sky”
1198. Or “all kinds [of people]” (Jews and Gentiles)
1199. Or “predict”
1200. Isaias 9:7; Daniel 2:44 (but see also Isaias 53:8)
1201. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
1202. Isaias 53:1
1203. Isaias 6:10
1204. A reference to Isaias 6:1 or possibly 52:13 (doxasqh,setai sfo,dra) (compare Luke 24:26). The connection between John 12 (ei=den th.n do,xan auvtou/) and Isaias 6:1 (o` oi=koj th/j do,xhj auvtou/) is almost certain.
1205. CT reads “keep them/obey”