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John 12:15–17

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Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
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From verse 15

  1. Zechariah 9:9Rank 1 from verse 15
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    9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  2. Isaiah 62:11Rank 2 from verse 15
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    11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

  3. Zephaniah 3:16–17Rank 3 from verse 15
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    16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

    17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  4. Isaiah 35:4–5Rank 4 from verse 15
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    4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

    5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

  5. 2 Samuel 16:2Rank 5 from verse 15
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    2And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

  6. Deuteronomy 17:16Rank 6 from verse 15
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    16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

  7. Isaiah 40:9–10Rank 7 from verse 15
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    9¶ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

    10Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

  8. Isaiah 41:14Rank 8 from verse 15
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    14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

  9. Zechariah 2:9–11Rank 9 from verse 15
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    9For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

    10¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

    11And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

  10. 1 Kings 1:33Rank 10 from verse 15
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    33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

  11. Judges 12:14Rank 11 from verse 15
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    14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

  12. Judges 5:10Rank 12 from verse 15
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    10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

  13. Micah 4:8Rank 13 from verse 15
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    8¶ And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

  14. Matthew 2:2–6Rank 14 from verse 15
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    2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

    3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

    5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,

    6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

  15. 2 Samuel 15:1Rank 15 from verse 15
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    1AND it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

From verse 16

  1. John 2:22Rank 1 from verse 16
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    22When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

  2. John 14:26Rank 2 from verse 16
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    26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

  3. John 7:39Rank 3 from verse 16
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    39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

  4. Acts 2:36Rank 4 from verse 16
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    36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

  5. John 12:23Rank 5 from verse 16
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    23¶ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

  6. Acts 2:33Rank 6 from verse 16
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    33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

  7. Acts 3:13Rank 7 from verse 16
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    13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

  8. Hebrews 12:2Rank 8 from verse 16
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  9. Hebrews 8:1Rank 9 from verse 16
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    1NOW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

  10. John 16:4Rank 10 from verse 16
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    4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

  11. Luke 18:34Rank 11 from verse 16
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    34And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

  12. Luke 24:25Rank 12 from verse 16
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    25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

  13. Luke 24:45Rank 13 from verse 16
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    45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

  14. Luke 24:6–8Rank 14 from verse 16
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    6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

    7Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

    8And they remembered his words,

  15. Luke 9:45Rank 15 from verse 16
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    45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

  16. John 13:31–32Rank 16 from verse 16
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    31¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

    32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

  17. John 17:5Rank 17 from verse 16
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    5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  18. Mark 16:19Rank 18 from verse 16
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    19¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

  19. Mark 9:32Rank 19 from verse 16
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    32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

From verse 17

  1. 1 John 5:9–12Rank 1 from verse 17
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    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

    10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

  2. Revelation 1:2Rank 2 from verse 17
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    2Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

  3. Acts 1:22Rank 3 from verse 17
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    22Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

  4. Acts 5:32Rank 4 from verse 17
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    32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

  5. John 12:9Rank 5 from verse 17
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    9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

  6. John 19:35Rank 6 from verse 17
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    35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

  7. John 1:19Rank 7 from verse 17
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    19¶ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

  8. John 1:32Rank 8 from verse 17
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    32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

  9. John 1:34Rank 9 from verse 17
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    34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

  10. John 11:31Rank 10 from verse 17
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    31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

  11. John 11:42Rank 11 from verse 17
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    42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

  12. John 11:45–46Rank 12 from verse 17
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    45Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

    46But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

  13. John 21:24Rank 13 from verse 17
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    24This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

  14. John 5:35–39Rank 14 from verse 17
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    35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

    36¶ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

    38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

    39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

  15. John 8:13–14Rank 15 from verse 17
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    13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

  16. Psalms 145:6–7Rank 16 from verse 17
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    6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

    7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

  17. John 15:26–27Rank 17 from verse 17
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    26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

    27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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John 12:15

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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John 12:16

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

glorified

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of glorify, meaning to honour, praise, magnify, exalt, make glorious, display glory in, or cause the excellence and worth of a person or name to be acknowledged.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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remembered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remember. Sense 1: To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. Sense 2: To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. Sense 3: To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

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written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

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DEFINED WORDS

John 12:17

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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raised

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of raise. Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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bare

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1. As the past tense of bear, brought forth or gave birth to offspring; also produced fruit or other increase. 2. Carried, conveyed, supported, lifted, or sustained a person, object, or load. 3. Bore, endured, or took upon oneself a loss, infirmity, sin, or other burden. 4. Gave witness or record; testified. 5. Exercised rule or authority. 6. As an adjective, uncovered, naked, exposed, stripped, or without covering.

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record

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Sense 1: A written or remembered account; testimony. Sense 2: To set down or bear witness.

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12:12¶ On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

12:13Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

12:14And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

12:15Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

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12:16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

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12:17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

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12:18For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

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