John 12:36 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

John 12:36

34 The people answered Him, ^a“We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer ^athe light is with you. ^bWalk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; ^che who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ^asons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and ^bwas hidden from them.

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37 But although He had done so many ^asigns before them, they did not believe in Him,

38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:
^a“Lord, who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

40 “He^a has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
^bLest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

41 ^aThese things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

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42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but ^abecause of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

43 ^afor they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

44 Then Jesus cried out and said, ^a“He who believes in Me, ^bbelieves not in Me ^cbut in Him who sent Me.

45 And ^ahe who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.

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John 12:36

These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them—He who spake as never man spake, and immediately after words fraught with unspeakable dignity and love, had to "hide Himself" from His auditors! What then must they have been? He retired, probably to Bethany. (The parallels are: Matthew 21:17; Luke 21:37).

John 12:35-36

Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, etc.—Instead of answering their question, He warns them, with mingled majesty and tenderness, against trifling with their last brief opportunity, and entreats them to let in the Light while they have it in the midst of them, that they themselves might be "light in the Lord." In this case, all the clouds which hung around His Person and Mission would speedily be dispelled, while if they continued to hate the light, bootless were all His answers to their merely speculative or captious questions. (See on Luke 13:23).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 12:36:

Matthew 5:14
Luke 16:8
1 Thessalonians 5:5

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