John 12:20
Now some Greeks had come to the festival to worship.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
In Context
19The Pharisees said to one other, “Look, we're getting nowhere. Everyone's running after him.”
21They came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said, “Sir, we'd like to see Jesus.”
Cross References
1 Kings 8:41As for the foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel but who come from a distant land,
Isaiah 60:2Even though darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness covers the people, the Lord has risen to shine on you, and his glory appears over you.
Mark 7:26The woman was Greek, born in Syrophoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive out the demon from her daughter.
Acts 8:27So Philip set out, and met an Ethiopian man, a eunuch who had a high position in the service of the Kandake, Queen of Ethiopia. He was her chief treasurer. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship there, and
Acts 16:1Paul went first to Derbe, and then on to Lystra, where he met a believer by the name of Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish Christian mother, and his father was Greek.
Acts 20:21I witnessed both to Jews and Greeks that it was essential to repent and turn to God, and to trust in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on John 12:13-20
Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem 12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when… Read the whole commentary →