John 12 Bible study: The time has come

"Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead" (12:1). "So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him" (12:2). "Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment" (12:3) (tap anointed). The chapter before had already named her as the one who did this (11:2); Favor's chapter on John 11 points that out in its catch Named before it is told. Then "Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said, “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”" (12:4-5). John's Gospel gives the reason in its own words: "Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it" (12:6). These notes say no more of Judas than these verses do. Jesus answered, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial. For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me" (12:7-8) (tap burial). The verse says no more of what he meant by it, and these notes don't either.

John 12:32→leads toJohn 18:31-32

Jesus said, "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself" (John 12:32), and John's Gospel adds, "But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die" (John 12:33). When Jesus had been led to Pilate (John 18:28-29) and Pilate said, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law" (John 18:31), the Jews answered, "It is illegal for us to put anyone to death" (John 18:31), and John's Gospel goes on, "that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die" (John 18:32). John's Gospel itself says the word was fulfilled, and the WEB ends 18:32 with the same words as 12:33. These notes say no more about the kind of death than the verses do.

δοξάζωdoxazosay dox-AD-zo

Strong's: "to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application)". The chapter has the verb five times, in three verses, counted in RP2018. John's Gospel says the disciples understood "when Jesus was glorified" (12:16). Jesus says, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified" (12:23). He prays, "Father, glorify your name!", and the voice answers, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again" (12:28): three times in one verse. Favor's chapter on John 7 studies the verb where John's Gospel first has it, "because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified" (7:39). Later Jesus prays, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son" (17:1). The praise of 12:43 is the noun, doxa (G1391).