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- John
- Chapter 12
- Verse 41
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Gill's Exposition
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also,.... These were the members of the Jewish sanhedrim, as Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and others:
many believed on him; that he was the Messiah, though…
Barnes' Notes
When he saw his glory - Isa 6:1-10. Isaiah saw the Lord (in Hebrew, יהוה Yahweh) sitting on a throne and surrounded with the seraphim. This is perhaps the only instance in the Bible in which Yahweh is…
Adam Clarke
When he saw his glory - Isa 6:1, etc. I saw Jehovah, said the prophet, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim; and one cried unto…
We have here the honour done to our Lord Jesus by the Old Testament prophets, who foretold and lamented the infidelity of the many that believed not on him. It was indeed a dishonour and grief to…
Cambridge Bible
when he saw The better reading is, because he saw. We had a similar double reading in Joh 12:12, where -when" is to be preferred. In the Greek the difference is only a single letter, ὅτε and ὅτι.…
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