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Selected Verse: John 12:22 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 12:22 |
King James |
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Philip . . . telleth Andrew--As follow townsmen of Bethsaida (Joh 1:44), these two seem to have drawn to each other.
Andrew and Philip tell Jesus--The minuteness of these details, while they add to the graphic force of the narrative, serves to prepare us for something important to come out of this introduction. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Telleth Andrew - Why he did not at once tell Jesus is not known. Possibly he was doubtful whether Jesus would wish to converse with Gentiles, and chose to consult with Andrew about it.
Tell Jesus - Whether the Greeks were with them cannot be determined. From the following discourse if would seem probable that they were, or at least that Jesus admitted them to his presence and delivered the discourse to them. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Philip - Andrew
They appear together in Joh 1:45; Joh 6:7, Joh 6:8. Compare Mar 3:18. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Andrew and Philip tell Jesus - How pleasing to God is this union, when the ministers of his Gospel agree and unite together to bring souls to Christ. But where self-love prevails, and the honor that comes from God is not sought, this union never exists. Bigotry often ruins every generous sentiment among the different denominations of the people of God. |
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.