the Second Week after Easter
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
Shqip Bible
Gjoni 12:9
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- InternationalBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
John 11:43-45, Acts 3:10, Acts 3:11, Acts 4:14
Reciprocal: John 11:1 - Lazarus John 11:45 - Jews John 12:2 - Lazarus John 12:17 - people John 12:18 - General Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Much of the people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there,.... That is, many of the Jews that dwelt at Jerusalem, knew that Jesus was at Bethany; for it being but two miles from Jerusalem, the report of his being come soon reached thither:
and they came from Jerusalem to Bethany,
not for Jesus' sake only; to see him, and hear him, and observe what he said and did:
but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead; that is, whom Jesus had raised from the dead, as the Alexandrian copy, and the Ethiopic version express it; for it equally excited their curiosity, to see the person that had been dead, and was raised from the dead, as to see him who raised him: and it is very likely before they had no opportunity of seeing him; it may be he did not appear publicly before, but kept himself retired; but now Jesus being come, he showed himself openly; which the Jerusalem Jews being informed of, induced them to come to see both the one and the other.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 12:9. Much people of the Jews — John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of Jews to those who were inhabitants of Jerusalem.