Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Philip . . . telleth Andrew—As follow townsmen of Bethsaida (John 1:44), these two seem to have drawn to each other.
Andrew and Philip tell Jesus—The minuteness of these details, while they add to the graphic force of the narrative, serves to prepare us for something important to come out of this introduction.
SOME GREEKS DESIRE TO SEE JESUS—THE DISCOURSE AND SCENE THEREUPON. (John 12:20-36)
Greeks—Not Grecian Jews, but Greek proselytes to the Jewish faith, who were wont to attend the annual festivals, particularly this primary one, the Passover.
The same came therefore to Philip . . . of Bethsaida—possibly as being from the same quarter.
saying, Sir, we would see Jesus—certainly in a far better sense than Zaccheus (Luke 19:3). Perhaps He was then in that part of the temple court to which Gentile proselytes had no access. "These men from the west represent, at the end of Christ's life, what the wise men from the east represented at its beginning; but those come to the cross of the King, even as these to His manger" [STIER].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 12:22:
Galatians 2:9
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