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- Chapter 12
- Verse 11
John 12:11
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Because that by reason of him,.... Of the miracle which was wrought upon him, in raising him from the dead, of which he was a living and an abiding witness:
many of the Jews went away; not from…
In these verses we have,
I. The kind visit our Lord Jesus paid to his friends at Bethany, Joh 12:1. He came up out of the country, six days before the passover, and took up at Bethany, a town which,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
went away, and believed Better, were going away and believing. It is best to leave -going away" quite indefinite: the notion of falling away from the hierarchy lies in the context but not in the word.…
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