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John 12:28

Father, honour thine own name.” At this there came a voice from Heaven, which said: “I have already honoured it, and I will honour it again.”

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour — yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour —

29The crowd of bystanders, who heard the sound, said that it was thundering. Others said: “An angel has been speaking to him.”

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Cross References

Matthew 3:17and from the heavens there came a voice which said: “This is my son, the Beloved, in whom I delight.”

Matthew 26:42Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed. “My Father,” he said, “if I cannot be spared this cup, but must drink it, thy will be done!”

Mark 9:7Then a cloud came down and enveloped them; and from the cloud there came a voice — “This is my Son, the Beloved; him you must hear.”

Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended, in a visible form, like a dove, upon him, and from the heavens came a voice — “Thou art my Son, the Beloved; in thee I delight.”

John 9:3“Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus; “but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.

John 11:40“Did not I tell you,” replied Jesus, “that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?”

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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