John 12:32
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
In Context
31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
33But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
Cross References
Numbers 21:9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
2 Samuel 18:9And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
Song of Solomon 1:4Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.
Hosea 11:4I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
John 8:28Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
Matthew Henry on John 12:28-37
The Divine Attestation to Christ; Christ's Discourse with the People. 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.… Read the whole commentary →