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Nowδὲthere wereἮσανsomeτινεςGreeksἝλληνέςamongἐκthose whoτῶνwent upἀναβαινόντωνtoἵναworshipπροσκυνήσωσινatἐνthe feast.τῇ ἑορτῇ
John 12:20
Study it in the app“Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.”
With the Greek beneath
John 12:20, word by word
- there wereἮσανĒsan
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “Ēsan” appears- GreeksἝλληνέςHellēnes
Gentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēnes” appears- went upἀναβαινόντωνanabainontōn
go up
To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
Where else “anabainontōn” appears- worshipπροσκυνήσωσινproskynēsōsin
worship
To give honor and devotion to God, or other gods.
Where else “proskynēsōsin” appears- the feastἑορτῇheortēi
feast, festival
Feast, festival.
Where else “heortēi” appears
The context
19So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
20 · This verse (above)
21So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and they were asking him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”
To study John 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does Mary do with the perfume at the dinner in Bethany, and what does Judas object? How does Jesus answer? (vv. 3-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says a grain of wheat, if it dies, bears much fruit (v. 24). What connection does he see between losing one's life and serving him? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Mary gave the best she had to Jesus (v. 3). What is the best you have, and how could you offer it with love today?