John 12:19

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17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness.

18 ^aFor this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.

19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, ^a“You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

The Fruitful Grain of Wheat

20 Now there ^awere certain Greeks among those ^bwho came up to worship at the feast.

21 Then they came to Philip, ^awho was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

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Adam Clarke

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John 12:19

Ye prevail nothing - Either by your threatening or excommunications.

The world is gone after him - The whole mass of the people are becoming his disciples. This is a very common form of expression among the Jews, and simply answers to the French, tout le monde, and to the English, every body - the bulk of the people. Many MSS., versions, and fathers, add ̔ , the Whole world. As our Lord' s converts were rapidly increasing, the Pharisees thought it necessary to execute without delay what they had purposed at their first council. See John 11:53.

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