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John 12:16

Weymouth NT

The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.

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So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.

Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

»O dull-witted men,« He replied, »with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

But they did not understand His meaning: it was veiled from them that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

His answer was, »The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will teach you everything, and will bring to your memories all that I have said to you.

But I have spoken these things to you in order that when the time for their accomplishment comes you may remember them, and may recollect that I told you. I did not, however, tell you all this at first, because I was still with you.

And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

»Being therefore lifted high by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you see and hear.«

»Therefore let the whole House of Israel know beyond all doubt that God has made Him both LORD and CHRIST–this Jesus whom you crucified.«

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has conferred this honour on His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to let Him go.

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself – where He still sits– at the right hand of the throne of God.

Now in connexion with what we have been saying the chief point is that we have a High Priest who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God's Majesty in the heavens,




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