John 12:23
Jesus said to them, “It is nearly time for God to show everyone that his special man from heaven is really powerful.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
In Context
22Philip went and told Andrew, and then they went together and told Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 25:31Jesus said, “I am God’s special man, and one day, I will come back from heaven, and all God’s angel messengers will come with me. At that time, I will be really great and powerful. I will be the biggest boss, and I will sit down on the big boss’s seat.
John 12:16Jesus’s followers didn’t understand what was happening. But, later on, after he went back to heaven, they remembered the words that God’s man wrote, and they understood that those words are about Jesus, and that it happened that day, while Jesus rode on that young donkey.
John 13:32And when they see me really great, like that, they will know that God did it, and they will say that he is really great. God is going to do that now.
John 17:9Father, I am just asking you to look after the people you gave me. I am not talking about the people that belong to this world.
Matthew Henry on John 12:21-27
Certain Greeks Desire to See Jesus; The Recompence of Christ's Servants. 20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: 21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. 22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into… Read the whole commentary →