UYohane 12:26

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

26 Ukuba ubani uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, woba khona apho nondikhonzayo; ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, uBawo wombeka.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

serve: John 13:16, John 14:15, John 15:20, Luke 6:46, Romans 1:1, Romans 14:18, 2 Corinthians 4:5, Galatians 1:10, Colossians 3:24, Colossians 4:12, 2 Peter 1:1, 1 John 5:3, Jude 1:1

let: John 10:27, John 21:22, Numbers 14:24, Numbers 32:11, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Revelation 14:4

where: John 14:3, John 17:24, Psalms 17:15, Matthew 25:21, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:18

him: John 14:21-23, 1 Samuel 2:30, Proverbs 27:18

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:5 - serve 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants 2 Chronicles 30:8 - serve Psalms 86:2 - save Psalms 91:15 - honour Psalms 101:6 - that they Psalms 116:16 - truly Song of Solomon 4:8 - with me Isaiah 55:4 - a leader Daniel 3:30 - the king Malachi 3:18 - between him Matthew 4:19 - Follow Matthew 13:21 - for Matthew 19:21 - come Matthew 24:47 - That Mark 8:35 - will save Mark 10:21 - take Luke 5:27 - Follow me Luke 12:37 - that Luke 19:13 - his John 10:4 - he goeth John 12:43 - the praise of God John 14:4 - and the John 15:15 - I call John 21:19 - Follow Acts 14:22 - we Acts 20:19 - Serving Acts 27:23 - and Romans 2:10 - glory Romans 8:17 - if so be Romans 16:18 - serve Ephesians 2:6 - sit Philippians 1:1 - the servants James 1:1 - a servant 1 Peter 1:7 - might 3 John 1:11 - follow Revelation 7:3 - the servants Revelation 22:3 - his Revelation 22:4 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any man serve, me,.... Or is willing to be a servant of Christ, and to be esteemed as such;

let him follow me; as in the exercise of the graces of love, humility, patience, self-denial, and resignation of will to the will of God, and in the discharge of every duty, walking as he walked, so in a way of suffering; for as the master, so the servants, as the head, so the members, through many tribulations, must enter the kingdom; to which he encourages by the following things:

and where I am; in heaven, as he now was, as the Son of God; or "where I shall be", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it, even as man, in the human nature, when raised from the dead:

there shall also my servant be; when he has done his work, and the place is prepared for him, and he for that, and where he shall ever abide; and as a further encouragement, he adds,

if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour; by accepting his service, affording him his gracious presence here, and by giving him eternal glory hereafter, to which he has called him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Serve me - Will be my disciple, or will be a Christian. Perhaps this was said to inform the Greeks John 12:20 of the nature of his religion.

Let him follow me - Let him imitate me; do what I do, bear what I bear, and love what I love. He is discoursing here particularly of his own sufferings and death, and this passage has reference, therefore, to calamity and persecution. “You see me triumph - you see (me enter Jerusalem, and you supposed that my kingdom was to be set up without opposition or calamity; but it is not. I am to die; and if you will serve me, you must follow me even in these scenes of calamity; be willing to endure trial and to bear shame, looking for future reward.”

Where I am - See John 14:3; John 17:24. That is, he shall be in heaven, where the Son of God then was in his divine nature, and where he would be as the glorified Messiah. See the notes at John 3:13. The natural and obvious meaning of the expression “I am” implies that he was then in heaven. The design of this verse is to comfort them in the midst of persecution and trial. They were to follow him to any calamity; but, as he was to be glorified as the result of his sufferings, so they also were to look for their reward in the kingdom of heaven, Revelation 3:21; “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. If any man serve me — Christ is a master in a twofold sense:

1. To instruct men.

2. To employ and appoint them their work. He who wishes to serve Christ must become:

1. His disciple or scholar, that he may be taught:

2. His servant, that he may be employed by and obey his master. To such a person a twofold promise is given:

1. He shall be with Christ, in eternal fellowship with him; and

2. He shall be honoured by the Lord: he shall have an abundant recompense in glory; but how great, eye hath not seen, ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.

How similar to this is the saying of Creeshna (an incarnation of the supreme God, according to the Hindoo theology) to his disciple Arjoon! "If one whose ways were ever so evil serve me alone, he soon becometh of a virtuous spirit, is as respectable as the just man, and obtaineth eternal happiness. Consider this world as a finite and joyless place, and serve me. Be of my mind, my servant, my adorer, and bow down before me. Unite thy soul unto me, make me thy asylum, and thou shalt go unto me." And again: "I am extremely dear to the wise man, and he is dear to me-I esteem the wise man even as myself, because his devout spirit dependeth upon me alone as his ultimate resource." Bhagvat Geeta, pp. 71 and 82.

The rabbins have an extravagant saying, viz. "God is more concerned for the honour of the just man than for his own."