John 12:20
Now there were certain Greeks, from among them who were coming up that they might worship in the feast.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 8:41Moreover also, unto the stranger, who is, not of thy people Israel,—but hath come in out of a far country, for the sake of thy Name,—
Isaiah 60:2For lo! darkness, covereth the earth, And, deep gloom the peoples,—But, on thee, beameth Yahweh, And, his glory, on thee is seen.
Mark 7:26Now, the woman, was a Grecian, a Syrophoenician by race,—and she was requesting him that, the demon, he would cast forth out of her daughter.
Acts 8:27And, arising, he journeyed. And lo! a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, one in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure [who] had come to worship in Jerusalem;
Acts 16:1And he came even unto Derbe, and unto Lystra; and lo! a certain disciple, was there, by name Timothy, son of a believing Jewish woman, but whose father was a Greek,—
Acts 20:21bearing full witness, both to Jews and to Greeks, as to the repentance due unto God, and as to belief on our Lord Jesus.
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 →