John 12:30

THE MESSAGE

Jesus said, "The voice didn't come for me but for you. At this moment the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the ruler of this world, will be thrown out. And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, will attract everyone to me and gather them around me." He put it this way to show how he was going to be put to death.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for me, but for you.

King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered, and said, This voice came not because of mee, but for your sakes.

King James Version
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

English Standard Version
Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not mine.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus responded and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours.

New Century Version
Jesus said, "That voice was for your sake, not mine.

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake.

Berean Standard Bible
In response, Jesus said, "This voice was not for My benefit, but yours.

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus told the crowd, "That voice spoke to help you, not me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered, "This bat-kol did not come for my sake but for yours.

Darby Translation
Jesus answered and said, Not on my account has this voice come, but on yours.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said, "That voice was for you and not for me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered, and said, This voyce came not because of me, but for your sakes.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to them, This voice was not on my account, but for your sake.

Good News Translation
But Jesus said to them, "It was not for my sake that this voice spoke, but for yours.

Lexham English Bible
Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not happened for my sake, but for your sake.

Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said, This voice has not occurred because of Me, but because of you.

American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.

International Standard Version
Jesus replied, "This voice has come for your benefit, not for mine.John 11:42;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said to them, Not on my account was this voice, but on your account.

Murdock Translation
Jesus answered, and said to them: This voice was not for my sake, but for yours.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered and sayde: This voyce came, not because of me, but for your sakes.

English Revised Version
Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

World English Bible
Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

Weymouth's New Testament
"It is not for my sake," said Jesus, "that that voice came, but for your sakes.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answerde, and seide, This vois cam not for me, but for you.

Update Bible Version
Jesus answered and said, This voice has not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

New English Translation
Jesus said, "This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

New King James Version
Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.

New Living Translation
Then Jesus told them, "The voice was for your benefit, not mine.

New Life Bible
Jesus said, "The voice did not come for Me, but it came to be a help to you.

New Revised Standard
Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered, and said - Not for my sake, hath this voice come, but, for your sake.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered and said: This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde: this voyce cam not because of me but for youre sakes.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said, `Not because of me hath this voice come, but because of you;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered, and sayde: This voyce came not because of me, but for youre sakes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus said, this voice came not for my sake, but for yours.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus said, "God let you hear him for your benefit, not mine.

Contextual Overview

²⁷"Right now I am storm-tossed. And what am I going to say? ‘Father, get me out of this'? No, this is why I came in the first place. I'll say, ‘Father, put your glory on display.'" A voice came out of the sky: "I have glorified it, and I'll glorify it again." ²⁹ The listening crowd said, "Thunder!" Others said, "An angel spoke to him!" ³⁰Jesus said, "The voice didn't come for me but for you. At this moment the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the ruler of this world, will be thrown out. And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, will attract everyone to me and gather them around me." He put it this way to show how he was going to be put to death. ³⁴ Voices from the crowd answered, "We heard from God's Law that the Messiah lasts forever. How can it be necessary, as you put it, that the Son of Man ‘be lifted up'? Who is this ‘Son of Man'?" ³⁵Jesus said, "For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn't destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don't know where you're going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You'll be children of light." Jesus said all this, and then went into hiding. All these God-signs he had given them and they still didn't get it, still wouldn't trust him. This proved that the prophet Isaiah was right: God, who believed what we preached? Who recognized God's arm, outstretched and ready to act? First they wouldn't believe, then they couldn't—again, just as Isaiah said: Their eyes are blinded, their hearts are hardened, So that they wouldn't see with their eyes and perceive with their hearts, And turn to me, God, so I could heal them. Isaiah said these things after he got a glimpse of God's cascading brightness that would pour through the Messiah. On the other hand, a considerable number from the ranks of the leaders did believe. But because of the Pharisees, they didn't come out in the open with it. They were afraid of getting kicked out of the meeting place. When push came to shove they cared more for human approval than for God's glory. Jesus summed it all up when he cried out, "Whoever believes in me, believes not just in me but in the One who sent me. Whoever looks at me is looking, in fact, at the One who sent me. I am Light that has come into the world so that all who believe in me won't have to stay any longer in the dark. "If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn't take it seriously, I don't reject him. I didn't come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I'm saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I'm not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That's all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you."

Bible Verse Review
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but: John 5:34, John 11:15, John 11:42, 2 Corinthians 8:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:9 - that the Acts 22:9 - but

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said,.... To the people that stood by, and were disputing among themselves about what they heard, whether it was thunder, or the voice of an angel:

this voice came not because of me; at least not only and chiefly; it was not so much in answer to his prayer, or in order to comfort him under the apprehensions he had of his sufferings and death, or to assure him of his future glorification, though all this was true:

but for your sakes; to convince them that he was the Messiah, and engage them to believe in him, or to leave them without excuse; since not only miracles were wrought before their eyes, but with their ears they heard God speaking to him, and which is the rule that they themselves prescribe; for according to them, no man is to be hearkened to, though he should do as many signs and wonders as Moses, the son of Amram, unless they hear with their ears, that the Lord speaks to him as he did to Moses c.

c R. Mosis Kotsensis praefat. ad Mitzvot Tora, pr. Affirm.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Came not because of me - Not to strengthen or confirm me; not that I had any doubts about my course, or any apprehension that God would not approve me and glorify his name.

For your sakes - To give you a striking and indubitable proof that I am the Messiah; that you may remember it when I am departed, and be yourselves comforted, supported, and saved.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 30. This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. — Probably meaning those Greeks who had been brought to him by Philip and Andrew. The Jews had frequent opportunities of seeing his miracles, and of being convinced that he was the Messiah; but these Greeks, who were to be a first fruits of the Gentiles, had never any such opportunity. For their sakes, therefore, to confirm them in the faith, this miraculous voice appears to have come from heaven.