விரிவுரை தற்போது ஆங்கிலத்தில் மட்டுமே கிடைக்கிறது. தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு நடைபெறுகிறது.
John 12 — And I, If I Be Lifted Up From the Earth, Will Draw All Men Unto Me
Mary anoints His feet with spikenard; Judas — to what purpose is this waste? Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. The next day a great multitude — Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. Certain Greeks would see Jesus. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. Now is my soul troubled. Father, glorify thy name. And there came a voice from heaven. If I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. Yet they believed not on Him.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”
— John 12:24
- v.1-11 Mary anoints Jesus
- v.12-19 Triumphal entry
- v.20-36 The Greeks; the corn of wheat
- v.37-50 The unbelief of many; the final appeal
Christ describes His own death. The grain that does not die remains a single grain; the grain that dies multiplies. The cross's logic in a sentence.
A principle for every disciple. Whatever we hoard remains alone; whatever we surrender bears fruit. The kingdom's economy runs on death-to-life.
A glimpse of Gethsemane before Gethsemane. Christ's soul is troubled; the prayer hovers, then resolves. For this cause came I unto this hour.
His settled mission carried Him through the recoil. The chapter shows that the cross was not an accident but the very purpose of His coming.
Lifted up. The crucifixion. The drawing power of Christ is exercised through the cross. Where He is preached as crucified, men are drawn.
All men. Not limited to Israel. The Greeks who came to see Him are the firstfruits. The cross is the magnet of the nations.
Verse 24 is a discipleship principle. Where you are holding life back from God for fear of losing it, you remain alone. Surrender what He asks; the death produces fruit. The chapter's logic is the cross's — life flows out of death.
John 12 closes Christ's public ministry. The next chapter begins the upper-room discourse. The chapter pivots on Him — anointed by Mary, hailed by the crowd, sought by Greeks, lifted up to die. He is the corn of wheat about to fall, the magnet about to draw the nations. The pivot is the cross.
A year's wages poured at His feet. The waste is the point — extravagant love is not calculated.
The house was filled with the odour. The fragrance of devotion spreads. Lavish worship of Christ scents the room where it happens.