John 12:26

The Pulpit Commentary - John 12:25-26

The Lord here introduces a solemn, almost oracular utterance, which proves how close and intimate is the relationship between the synoptics and the Fourth Gospel. On several great occasions our Lord has impressed this law of the Spirit of life upon his disciples. Thus in Matthew 10:37-39 , in the lengthened commission given to the twelve, after calling on his followers to place his own claim on their affection as greater than that of father, mother, friend, and calling for self-sacrifice,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 12:26

In this verse the Lord brings the light of heaven down into this deep paradox. He speaks like an anointed King and great Captain of salvation, who has ( διάκονοι ) "servants" willing to do his bidding. If any man will be my servant, let him follow me along the line which I am prepared to take, in the way of sacrifice and death, which is the true glorification; and where I am, there shall also my servant be . This association of the servant with the Lord, as the sufficient and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 12:26

Service and reward. In both parts of this declaration made by our Lord, there is a condescension to our human ignorance and imperfection . The Master makes use of language drawn from human relations and human experiences. I. WHAT CHRIST REQUIRES . 1. Service . This is not equivalent to bondage, but to personal ministration. It is a just and helpful view to take of the' Christian life, to regard it as consisting of a personal attendance upon the Lord Jesus, and a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 12:26

Serve me - Will be my disciple, or will be a Christian. Perhaps this was said to inform the Greeks John 12:20 of the nature of his religion.Let him follow me - Let him imitate me; do what I do, bear what I bear, and love what I love. He is discoursing here particularly of his own sufferings and death, and this passage has reference, therefore, to calamity and persecution. “You see me triumph - you see (me enter Jerusalem, and you supposed that my kingdom was to be set up without opposition or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 12:23-26

John 12:23-26. Jesus answered, saying This phraseology intimates the suitableness of the following discourse to this particular occasion; by attending to which, many of the beauties of it will be discovered. Our Lord might, perhaps, enlarge on some of these hints; and if his hearers took a due notice of them, and made a proper report on their return home, it might prepare the way for the apostles, when they came, by their preaching, more fully to unfold and illustrate these important... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 12:20-26

BETRAYAL, TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION136. The seed must die (John 12:20-26)Among the crowds that went to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival were some Greeks. They had joined themselves to the synagogue communities where they lived, and now they wanted to see Jesus (John 12:20-22).When the Lord heard of the Greeks’ request, his response was to announce that the climax of his mission had arrived and he was now about to lay down his life. He apparently saw these Greeks as the firstfruits of a great... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 12:26

My Father . Greek. the Father. App-98 . honour . Greek timao, only used by John, here, John 5:23 , and John 8:49 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 12:26

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.Where I am ... is also a reference to last things. Dummelow wrote: "(This means) where I am soon to be, viz., in heaven,"[15] this making Jesus' promise to be that his true followers shall join him finally in heaven.If any man serve me, him will the Father honor ... claims an equality between Jesus and the Father, requiring the deduction that serving Jesus is the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 12:25-26

John 12:25-26. He that loveth his life, &c.— He told them further, that as he, their Master, was tosuffer before his exaltation, so must they, his disciples, expect the like; for which reason they were to expect persecution, firmly resolving to lose even life itself, after his example, when called to do so; and in that case he promised them a share in his crown and glory—thus tacitly insinuating, that the strangers should be greatly disappointed, if their desire of conversing with him... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 12:26

26. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: If any man serve me, him will my Father honour—Jesus here claims the same absolute subjection to Himself, as the law of men's exaltation to honor, as He yielded to the Father. read more

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