John 12:47
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As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
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THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY. (Joh 12:1-11) six days before the passover--that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Open source ↗It was a melancholy account which we had in the close of the foregoing chapter of the dishonour done to our Lord Jesus, when the scribes and Pharisees proclaimed him a traitor to their church, and put upon him all the marks of ignominy they could: but the story of this chapter balances that, by giving us an account of the honour done to the Redeemer, notwithstanding all that reproach thrown upon him. Thus the one was set over against the other. Let us see what honours were heaped on the head of the Lord Jesus, even in the depths of his humiliation. I. Mary did him honour, by anointing his feet at the supper in Bethany (Joh 12:1-11). II. The common people did him honour, with their acclamations of joy, when he rode in triumph into Jerusalem (Joh 12:12-19). III. The Greeks did him honour, by enquiring after him with a longing desire to see him (Joh 12:20-26). IV. God the Father did him honour, by a voice from heaven, bearing testimony to him (Joh 12:27-36). V. He had honour done him by the Old Testament prophets, who foretold the infidelity of those that heard the report of him (Joh 12:37-41). VI. He had honour done him by some of the chief rulers, whose consciences witnessed for him, though they had not courage to own it (Joh 12:42, Joh 12:43. VII. He claimed honour to himself, by asserting his divine mission, and the account he gave of his errand into the world (Joh 12:44-50).
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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
And He and His disciples went on to another village.