John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

In Context

19So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are achieving nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

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Cross References

Mark 7:26(This woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth.) She asked Jesus to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Acts 8:27So he rose and went. And behold, there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians. This man had come to Jerusalem to worship

Acts 16:1Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, and behold, a disciple named Timothy was there. He was the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.

Acts 20:21testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith 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 →

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