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John 12:19–20

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The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
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From verse 19

  1. Acts 17:6Rank 1 from verse 19
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    6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

  2. Acts 4:16–17Rank 2 from verse 19
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    16Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

    17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

  3. Psalms 22:27Rank 3 from verse 19
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    27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

  4. 1 John 2:2Rank 4 from verse 19
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    2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

  5. Acts 5:27–28Rank 5 from verse 19
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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

    28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  6. Isaiah 27:6Rank 6 from verse 19
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    6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

  7. John 17:21Rank 7 from verse 19
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

  8. John 3:26Rank 8 from verse 19
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    26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

  9. John 11:47–50Rank 9 from verse 19
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    47¶ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

    48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

    49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

    50Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

  10. Luke 19:47–48Rank 10 from verse 19
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    47And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

    48And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

  11. Matthew 21:15Rank 11 from verse 19
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    15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

  12. Psalms 49:1Rank 12 from verse 19
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    1HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

From verse 20

  1. John 7:35Rank 1 from verse 20
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    35Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

  2. Acts 17:4Rank 2 from verse 20
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    4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

  3. Isaiah 11:10Rank 3 from verse 20
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    10¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

  4. 1 Kings 8:41–43Rank 4 from verse 20
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    41Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

    42(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

    43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

  5. Acts 8:27Rank 5 from verse 20
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    27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

  6. Mark 7:26Rank 6 from verse 20
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    26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

  7. Galatians 2:3Rank 7 from verse 20
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    3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

  8. Acts 14:1Rank 8 from verse 20
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    1AND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

  9. Acts 16:1Rank 9 from verse 20
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    1THEN came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

  10. Acts 20:21Rank 10 from verse 20
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    21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

  11. Acts 21:28Rank 11 from verse 20
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    28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

  12. Isaiah 60:2–14Rank 12 from verse 20
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    2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

    3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

    4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

    5Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

    6The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

    7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

    8Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

    9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

    10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

    11Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

    12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

    13The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

    14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  13. Colossians 3:11Rank 13 from verse 20
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    11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

  14. Galatians 3:28Rank 14 from verse 20
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    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

  15. Romans 1:16Rank 15 from verse 20
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    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  16. Romans 10:12Rank 16 from verse 20
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    12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

  17. Isaiah 66:19–21Rank 17 from verse 20
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    19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

    20And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

    21And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.

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John 12:19

COMBINED MEANING

perceive

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To become aware of, recognize, discern, or understand a person, thing, fact, or meaning.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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John 12:20

COMBINED MEANING

certain

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1. A particular person, thing, place, time, amount, or number not named or not further specified; also some members or portion of a group. 2. Sure, settled, true, reliable, or known beyond doubt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Greeks

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Sense 1: People of Greece or Greek language and culture. Sense 2: Gentiles.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

feast

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Sense 1: A large or special meal, often connected with an appointed celebration. Sense 2: As a verb, to eat or entertain at such a meal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

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.

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

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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12:20¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

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12:21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

12:22Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

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