Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Cried and said (ekracen kai eipen). First aorist active indicative of krazw, to cry aloud, and second aorist active of defective verb erw, to say. This is probably a summary of what Jesus had already said as in verse John 12:36 John closes the public ministry of Jesus without the Synoptic account of the last day in the temple on our Tuesday (Mark 11:27-12:44; Mat. 21:23-23:39; Luke 20:1-21:4).
Not on me, but on him (ou eiv eme, alla eiv ton). "Not on me only, but also on," another example of exaggerated contrast like that in verse John 12:30. The idea of Jesus here is a frequent one (believing on Jesus whom the Father has sent) as in John 3:17 f.; John 5:23 f., John 5:30, John 5:43; John 7:16; John 8:42; John 13:20; John 14:1; Matthew 10:40; Luke 9:48.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 12:44:
John 12:2
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