The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing ? behold, the world is gone after him.
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Gill's Exposition
And there were certain Greeks,.... "Hellenes", so called, from Hellen, a king of that name, as Pliny says (r) These were not Graecizing Jews, or Jews that dwelt in Greece, and spoke the Greek…
See this passage explained in the notes at Mat. 21:1-16. Also Mar 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44. Joh 12:16 Was glorified - Was raised from the dead, and had ascended to heaven. Joh 12:17 Bare record -…
Adam Clarke
Ye prevail nothing - Either by your threatening or excommunications.
The world is gone after him - The whole mass of the people are becoming his disciples. This is a very common form of expression…
This story of Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists, as worthy of special remark; and in it we may observe,
I. The respect that was paid to our Lord Jesus by the…
Cambridge Bible
The Discomfiture of the Pharisees
19. Perceive ye Rather, Behold ye. The Greek may also mean -Behold" (imperat.) or ye behold: the last is perhaps best; -Ye see what a mistake we have made; we ought…
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