John 12:29

Then the crowd who stood around and heard it, said, "It thundered!" But others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

In Context

28Father, glorify thy name!" Whereupon there came a voice from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

30"It is not for my sake," answered Jesus, "that the voice came, but for your sakes.

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Cross References

Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; the Pharisees affirm them all.

Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, and he filled it with fire from the altar, and poured it upon the earth; and there followed thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.

Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven like the voice of many waters, and the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping on their harps.

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 →

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