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The Book of John - Chapter 12:12-19 - (ESV)

Updated: Dec 28, 2023

The Triumphal Entry - - {Interlinear <Greek>}

12:12 - The {Τῇ<ho>} next day {ἐπαύριον<epaurion>} the → large {πολὺς<polys>} crowd {ὄχλος<ochlos>} that {ὁ<ho>} had → come {ἐλθὼν<erchomai>} to {εἰς<eis>} the {τὴν<ho>} feast {ἑορτήν,<heortē>} heard {ἀκούσαντες<akouō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} was → coming {ἔρχεται<erchomai>} to {εἰς<eis>} Jerusalem. {Ἱεροσόλυμα, <Hierosolyma>}

12:13 - So • they → took {ἔλαβον<lambanō>} branches {τὰ βαΐα<ho baion>} of → palm. {τῶν φοινίκων<ho phoinix>} trees ← and {καὶ<kai>} went out {ἐξῆλθον <exerchomai>} to {εἰς<eis>} meet {ὑπάντησιν<hypantēsis>} him, {αὐτῷ<autos>} • {καὶ<kai>} crying {ἐκραύγαζον·<kraugazō>} out, ← “Hosanna! {ὡσαννά,<hōsanna>} Blessed {εὐλογημένος<eulogeō>} is • he who {ὁ<ho>} comes {ἐρχόμενος <erchomai>} in {ἐν<en>} the → name {ὀνόματι<onoma>} of → the → Lord, {κυρίου <kyrios>} even {καὶ<kai>} the {ὁ<ho>} King {βασιλεὺς<basileus>} of → Israel!” {τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.<ho Israēl>}

12:14 - And {δὲ<de>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς<ho Iēsous>} found {Εὑρὼν<heuriskō>} a young donkey {ὀνάριον<onarion>} and • sat {ἐκάθισεν<kathizō>} on {ἐπ᾽<epi>} it, {αὐτό,<autos>} just as {καθώς<kathōs>} it → is {ἐστιν<eimi>} written, {γεγραμμένον· <graphō>}

12:15 - “Fear {φοβοῦ<phobeomai>} not, {μὴ<mē>} daughter {θυγάτηρ<thygatēr>} of → Zion; {Σειών·<Siōn>} behold, {ἰδοὺ<idou>} your {σου<sy>} king {ὁ βασιλεύς <ho basileus>} is → coming, {ἔρχεται<erchomai>} sitting {καθήμενος<kathēmai>} on {ἐπὶ<epi>} a → donkey’s {ὄνου.<onos>} colt!” {πῶλον<pōlos>}

12:16 - His {αὐτοῦ<autos>} disciples {οἱ μαθηταὶ<ho mathētēs>} did → not {οὐκ <ou>} understand {ἔγνωσαν<ginōskō>} these {ταῦτα<houtos>} things ← at → first, {τὸ πρῶτον, <ho prōtos>} but {ἀλλ᾽<alla>} when {ὅτε<hote>} Jesus {Ἰησοῦς,<Iēsous>} was → glorified, {ἐδοξάσθη<doxazō>} then {τότε<tote>} they → remembered {ἐμνήσθησαν<mimnēskomai>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} these {ταῦτα<houtos>} things ← had → been {ἦν<eimi>} written {γεγραμμένα<graphō>} about {ἐπ᾽ <epi>} him {αὐτῷ <autos>} and {καὶ<kai>} • {ταῦτα<houtos>} had • been • done {ἐποίησαν<poieō>} to → him. {αὐτῷ.<autos>}

12:17 - • {οὖν<oun>} The {ὁ<ho>} crowd {ὄχλος<ochlos>} that {ὁ<ho>} had → been {ὢν<eimi>} with {μετ᾽<meta>} him {αὐτοῦ,<autos>} when {ὅτε<hote>} he → called {ἐφώνησεν<phōneō>} Lazarus {τὸν Λάζαρον<ho Lazaros>} out of {ἐκ<ek>} the {τοῦ<ho>} tomb {μνημείου<mnēmeion>} and {καὶ<kai>} raised {ἤγειρεν<egeirō>} him {αὐτὸν<autos>} from {ἐκ<ek>} the → dead {νεκρῶν.<nekros>} continued → to → bear → witness. {Ἐμαρτύρει<martyreō>}

12:18 - The reason why {διὰ τοῦτο<dia houtos>} • {καὶ<kai>} the {ὁ<ho>} crowd {ὄχλος, <ochlos>} went → to → meet {ὑπήντησεν<hypantaō>} him {αὐτῷ<autos>} was • that {ὅτι <hoti>} they → heard {ἤκουσαν<akouō>} he {αὐτὸν<autos>} had • done {πεποιηκέναι<poieō>} this {τοῦτο<houtos>} sign. {τὸ σημεῖον.<ho sēmeion>}

12:19 - So {οὖν<oun>} the {Οἱ<ho>} Pharisees {Φαρισαῖοι<Pharisaios>} said {εἶπαν <legō>} to {πρὸς<pros>} one another, {ἑαυτούς·<heautou>} “You → see {θεωρεῖτε <theōreō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} you → are → gaining {ὠφελεῖτε<ōpheleō>} nothing. {οὐκ οὐδέν;<ou oudeis>} Look, {ἴδε<ide>} the {ὁ<ho>} world {κόσμος<kosmos>} has → gone {ἀπῆλθεν.<aperchomai>} after {ὀπίσω<opisō>} him.” {αὐτοῦ<autos}

John 12:12–19 -

Jesus is his own “public relations firm”—and his own interpreter. The choice to ride into Jerusalem on a young donkey wasn’t just to fulfill prophecy but to contradict the prevailing notions about Israel’s Messiah. The waving of palm branches wasn’t just an act of enthusiastic praise; it was a statement of nationalistic pride. But Jesus didn’t come into Jerusalem as a political, economic, and social advocate for Israel. He came to establish a kingdom reign over all nations, including Israel and Rome—a reign of grace in the hearts of his followers and a reign of peace over all he has made. Jesus makes us joyful prisoners of hope by rescuing us from the empty promises of hype (Zech. 8:9–12).

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John 12:12–19

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The Book of John - Chapter 12:12-19 - (ESV)

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