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John 12:28 KJV
John · chapter 12 · verse 28
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.John 12:28 · King James Version
John 12:28 in context
26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
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Key words (Strong's)
- glorifydoxazōto think, suppose, be of opinion, to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate, to honour, do…G1392 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- voicephōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- nameonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
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Honour is here done to Christ by his Father in a voice from heaven, occasioned by the following part of his discourse, and which gave occasion to a further conference with the people. In these verses we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-36