John 12:27-50

English Standard Version

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

²⁷^(A)“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, ^(B)save me from ^(C)this hour’? But ^(D)for this purpose I have come to ^(E)this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify your name.” Then ^(F)a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” ²⁹The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, ^(G)“An angel has spoken to him.” ³⁰Jesus answered, ^(H)“This voice has come for your sake, not mine. ³¹^(I)Now is the judgment of this world; now will ^(J)the ruler of this world ^(K)be cast out. ³²And I, ^(L)when I am lifted up from the earth, ^(M)will draw ^(N)all people to myself.” ³³He said this ^(O)to show by what kind of death he was going to die. ³⁴So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that ^(P)the Christ remains forever. How can you say that ^(Q)the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” ³⁵So Jesus said to them, ^(R)“The light is among you ^(S)for a little while longer. ^(T)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness ^(U)overtake you. ^(V)The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ^(W)sons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. ³⁷Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, ³⁸^(X)so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

^(Y)“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

³⁹Therefore they ^(Z)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

⁴⁰^(AA)“He has blinded their eyes
    and ^(AB)hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
    and understand with their heart, and turn,
    and I would heal them.”

⁴¹Isaiah said these things because ^(AC)he saw his glory and ^(AD)spoke of him. ⁴²Nevertheless, ^(AE)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(AF)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(AG)confess it, so that they would not be ^(AH)put out of the synagogue; ⁴³^(AI)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴And Jesus cried out and said, ^(AJ)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(AK)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵And ^(AL)whoever ^(AM)sees me sees him who sent me. ⁴⁶^(AN)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷If anyone ^(AO)hears my words and does not keep them, ^(AP)I do not judge him; for ^(AQ)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸^(AR)The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ^(AS)the word that I have spoken will judge him ^(AT)on the last day. ⁴⁹For ^(AU)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^(AV)who sent me has himself given me ^(AW)a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”