Yohanes 12:23-28
Konteks12:23 Jesus replied, 1 “The time 2 has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 3 12:24 I tell you the solemn truth, 4 unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. 5 But if it dies, it produces 6 much grain. 7 12:25 The one who loves his life 8 destroys 9 it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards 10 it for eternal life. 12:26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow 11 me, and where I am, my servant will be too. 12 If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me 13 from this hour’? 14 No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. 15 12:28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, 16 “I have glorified it, 17 and I will glorify it 18 again.”
Yohanes 13:31-32
Konteks13:31 When 19 Judas 20 had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 13:32 If God is glorified in him, 21 God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away. 22
Yohanes 15:8
Konteks15:8 My Father is honored 23 by this, that 24 you bear 25 much fruit and show that you are 26 my disciples.
Yohanes 17:1
Konteks17:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward 27 to heaven 28 and said, “Father, the time 29 has come. Glorify your Son, so that your 30 Son may glorify you –
[12:23] 1 tn Grk “Jesus answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.
[12:23] 3 sn Jesus’ reply, the time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified, is a bit puzzling. As far as the author’s account is concerned, Jesus totally ignores these Greeks and makes no further reference to them whatsoever. It appears that his words are addressed to Andrew and Philip, but in fact they must have had a wider audience, including possibly the Greeks who had wished to see him in the first place. The words the time has come recall all the previous references to “the hour” throughout the Fourth Gospel (see the note on time in 2:4). There is no doubt, in light of the following verse, that Jesus refers to his death here. On his pathway to glorification lies the cross, and it is just ahead.
[12:24] 4 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
[12:24] 5 tn Or “it remains only a single kernel.”
[12:24] 7 tn Grk “much fruit.”
[12:25] 9 tn Or “loses.” Although the traditional English translation of ἀπολλύει (apolluei) in John 12:25 is “loses,” the contrast with φυλάξει (fulaxei, “keeps” or “guards”) in the second half of the verse favors the meaning “destroy” here.
[12:26] 11 tn As a third person imperative in Greek, ἀκολουθείτω (akolouqeitw) is usually translated “let him follow me.” This could be understood by the modern English reader as merely permissive, however (“he may follow me if he wishes”). In this context there is no permissive sense, but rather a command, so the translation “he must follow me” is preferred.
[12:26] 12 tn Grk “where I am, there my servant will be too.”
[12:27] 14 tn Or “this occasion.”
[12:27] sn Father, deliver me from this hour. It is now clear that Jesus’ hour has come – the hour of his return to the Father through crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension (see 12:23). This will be reiterated in 13:1 and 17:1. Jesus states (employing words similar to those of Ps 6:4) that his soul is troubled. What shall his response to his imminent death be? A prayer to the Father to deliver him from that hour? No, because it is on account of this very hour that Jesus has come. His sacrificial death has always remained the primary purpose of his mission into the world. Now, faced with the completion of that mission, shall he ask the Father to spare him from it? The expected answer is no.
[12:27] 15 tn Or “this occasion.”
[12:28] 16 tn Or “from the sky” (see note on 1:32).
[12:28] 17 tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
[12:28] 18 tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
[13:31] 19 tn Grk “Then when.”
[13:31] 20 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[13:32] 21 tc A number of early
[13:32] 22 tn Or “immediately.”
[15:8] 24 tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause is best taken as substantival in apposition to ἐν τούτῳ (en toutw) at the beginning of the verse. The Father is glorified when the disciples bring forth abundant fruit. Just as Jesus has done the works which he has seen his Father doing (5:19-29) so also will his disciples.
[15:8] 26 tc Most
[17:1] 27 tn Grk “he raised his eyes” (an idiom).
[17:1] sn Jesus also looked upward before his prayer in John 11:41. This was probably a common posture in prayer. According to the parable in Luke 18:13 the tax collector did not feel himself worthy to do this.
[17:1] 28 tn Or “to the sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven” depending on the context.
[17:1] sn The time has come. Jesus has said before that his “hour” had come, both in 12:23 when some Greeks sought to speak with him, and in 13:1 where just before he washed the disciples’ feet. It appears best to understand the “hour” as a period of time starting at the end of Jesus’ public ministry and extending through the passion week, ending with Jesus’ return to the Father through death, resurrection, and exaltation. The “hour” begins as soon as the first events occur which begin the process that leads to Jesus’ death.
[17:1] 30 tc The better witnesses (א B C* W 0109 0301) have “the Son” (ὁ υἱός, Jo Juios) here, while the majority (C3 L Ψ Ë13 33 Ï) read “your Son also” (καὶ ὁ υἱὸς σου, kai Jo Juio" sou), or “your Son” (ὁ υἱὸς σου; A D Θ 0250 1 579 pc lat sy); the second corrector of C has καὶ ὁ υἱός (“the Son also”). The longer readings appear to be predictable scribal expansions and as such should be considered secondary.
[17:1] tn Grk “the Son”; “your” has been added here for English stylistic reasons.