john-12:26

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 12:1-50

The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows of His heart, pressed closely to Him, and sacramentally expressed her love. Judas, blinded in self-interest, criticized her action, and so revealed himself as utterly opposed to the very spirit of the Lord Himself. From Bethany Jesus passed to Jerusalem, where a stupendous outburst of welcome... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 12:20-32

The Hour Is Come John 12:20-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We read in our opening verses that the Greeks who had come up to the feast desired to see Jesus. They told Philip, Philip told Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus. We wonder what prompted the Greeks? Was it that they had seen an evident growing rejection of Christ by the Jewish leaders, and therefore certain of the Greeks wanted to proffer to the Lord their hospitality and homage? It would seem that such was the case by the... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - John 12:26

A LIFE OF SERVICE‘If any man serve Me, let him follow Me.’ John 12:26 Here is the secret of true Christian service. In what must the Christian worker follow Christ? In His I. Obedience.—He came to do God’s will. Have we tried to find God’s will concerning us? It is so much more pleasant to do the work which is most congenial to us. But if we are to follow the Master, our desire will be to be used of Him just as He will, and when, and where. II. Humility.—How much Christian workers of all... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:25-26

‘He who loves his life loses it, but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me he must follow me, and where I am there will my servant be as well. If anyone serves me the Father will honour him.’ Jesus then applies a similar thought to His followers. Like Jesus His followers must count their lives as nothing so that they may do the will of God. We must choose, as He did, between a life of self-gratification, and a life of obedience to God, even if... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 12:20-36

John 12:20-Zephaniah : . The Request of the Greeks.— This incident is chosen to illustrate the Lord’ s consciousness that only through death could the final success of His work be brought about. If it was invented to gain His authority for the admission of the Gentiles, it must again be confessed that it is very badly done. The Greeks are apparently not even admitted to His presence. The mention of Philip and Andrew is natural if their home Was Bethsaida ( John 1:45), in a region largely... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 12:26

If any man serve me, let him follow me: this is much the same with that, Matthew 16:24, unless following here be more restrained to suffering, let him follow me to my cross; for otherwise it seemeth the same with serving; we must be ready not only to do, but also to die for Christ, to follow him to the cross, if he calleth us to it. And if any man so serveth me, he shall be in heaven where I am; If we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified together, Romans 8:17. For my Father, with whom I... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 12:20-36

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 12:20-36. Certain Greeks coming with a desire to see Him gave our Lord an opportunity of pointing to His atoning work as the hope of salvation for all men, i.e. the world.John 12:20. Greeks.—Ἑλληνες, not simply Grecian Jews (Acts 6:1). They were most likely “proselytes of the Gate,” as they had come to Jerusalem to keep the feast.John 12:21. The same came therefore to Philip, etc.—Why therefore? There were many Greeks in the region of Decapolis; and as... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 12:26

John 12:26 The Ascension, our Glory and Joy I. All the mysteries of the "Word made flesh," have their special comfort for us, and so has the mystery of the Ascension. It were little for us, compared to this, that God the Son had taken our nature, if then (as misbelievers said of old) it had been dissolved into the majesty and glory of God, and had ceased to be, although in God. And so our whole union with God would have been forfeited. Christ would have ceased to be, and the Incarnation of God... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 12:26

DISCOURSE: 1672THE BENEFIT OF FOLLOWING CHRISTJohn 12:26. If any man sense 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.THE Christian’s life is certainly a life of difficulty and self-denial, not only as being contrary to our natural inclinations, but as exposing us to the contempt and hatred of an ungodly world. From the very days of Cain to this present moment, the wicked have hated, reviled, and persecuted the just. The... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - John 12:26

SERVICE AND HONOR and The Rule and Reward of Serving Christ SERVICE AND HONOR by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) "Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me" (John 12:26 ). You cannot claim to have Christ as your Lord if you will not serve Him. If you take Christ as your Lord and Savior, you must take Him for all that He is, not only as a Friend, but also as Master; and if you are to become His disciple, you must... read more