John 12

John 12
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John 16:14-22 on the recto side of Papyrus 5, written about AD 250.
Book	Gospel of John
Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Bible part	4
Category	Gospel

John 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the Triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.^[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.^[2]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 75 (AD 175-225)
  • Papyrus 66 (ca. AD 200).
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (AD 400-440)
  • Papyrus 2 (ca. AD 550; extant: verses 12-15)
  • Papyrus 128 (6th-/7th century; extant: verses 16-18)
  • Papyrus 59 (7th century; extant: verses 25, 29, 31, 35)
• This chapter is divided into 50 verses.

Places

Events recorded in this chapter refer to the following locations:

• Bethany (John 11:1), about 15 stadia (15 furlongs or 2 miles) away from Jerusalem (John 11:18)
• Jerusalem

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• John 12:1-8 = The Anointing at Bethany (Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9)
• John 12:9-11 = The Plot to Kill Lazarus
• John 12:12-19 = The Triumphal Entry (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-38)
• John 12:20-26 = The Fruitful Grain of Wheat
• John 12:27-36 = Jesus Predicts His Death on the Cross
• John 12:37-41 = Who Has Believed Our Report?
• John 12:42-50 = Walk in the Light

Cross references

• John 12:13: Psalm 118:26
• John 12:15: Zechariah 9:9
• John 12:38: Isaiah 53:1
• John 12:40: Isaiah 6:10

Verse 1

New King James Version

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.^[3]

Verse 24

King James Version

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. ^[4]

See also

• Bethany
• Lazarus
• Jerusalem
• Jesus Christ
• Judas Iscariot
• Mary
• Martha
• Simon the Leper
• Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
• Other related Bible parts: Psalm 118, Isaiah 6, Isaiah 53, Zechariah 9, Matthew 21, Matthew 26, Mark 11, Mark 14, Luke 19

References

1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. John 12:1
4. John 12:24

External links

• John 12 NIV