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John 12:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The followers of Jesus did not understand at that time what was happening. But after he was raised to glory, they understood that this was written about him. Then they remembered that they had done these things for him.

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After he was raised from death, his followers remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scriptures, and they believed the words Jesus said.

But the Helper will teach you everything and cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name.

Jesus was talking about the Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given to people, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

“So, all the people of Israel should know this for certain: God has made Jesus to be Lord and Messiah. He is the man you nailed to the cross!”

Jesus said to them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to receive his glory.

We must never stop looking to Jesus. He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. He suffered death on a cross. But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing because of the joy he could see waiting for him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priest like that, who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven.

No, God did it! He is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is the God of all our fathers. He gave glory to Jesus, his special servant. But you handed him over to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free. But you told Pilate you did not want him.

Jesus was lifted up to heaven. Now he is with God, at God’s right side. The Father has given the Holy Spirit to him, as he promised. So Jesus has now poured out that Spirit. This is what you see and hear.

I have told you all this now to prepare you. So when the time comes for these things to happen, you will remember that I warned you. “I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you then.

Then Jesus helped the followers understand these Scriptures about him.

Then Jesus said to the two men, “You are foolish and slow to realize what is true. You should believe everything the prophets said.

The apostles tried to understand this, but they could not; the meaning was hidden from them.

But the followers did not understand what he meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they could not understand it. But they were afraid to ask Jesus about what he said.

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven. There, Jesus sat at the right side of God.

But the followers did not understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask him.




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