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John 12:16 KJV
John · chapter 12 · verse 16
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.John 12:16 · King James Version
John 12:16 in context
14And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
18For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.
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Key words (Strong's)
- understoodginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- glorifieddoxazōto think, suppose, be of opinion, to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate, to honour, do…G1392 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- firstprōtonfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4412 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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This story of Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists, as worthy of special remark; and in it we may observe, I. The respect that was paid to our Lord Jesus by the common people, Joh 12:12, Joh 12:13, where we are told, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19