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Selected Verse: John 12:19 - Basic English

Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 12:19	Basic English	Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.
	King James	The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
world Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

world

Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".

(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8).

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Is gone after Him (ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν) The phrase occurs only here. Literally, is gone away.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Is gone after Him (ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν)

The phrase occurs only here. Literally, is gone away.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Ye prevail nothing - Either by your threatening or excommunications. The world is gone after him - The whole mass of the people are becoming his disciples. This is a very common form of expression among the Jews, and simply answers to the French, tout le monde, and to the English, every body - the bulk of the people. Many MSS., versions, and fathers, add ὁλος, the Whole world. As our Lord's converts were rapidly increasing, the Pharisees thought it necessary to execute without delay what they had purposed at their first council. See Joh 11:53.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Ye prevail nothing - Either by your threatening or excommunications.

The world is gone after him - The whole mass of the people are becoming his disciples. This is a very common form of expression among the Jews, and simply answers to the French, tout le monde, and to the English, every body - the bulk of the people. Many MSS., versions, and fathers, add ὁλος, the Whole world. As our Lord's converts were rapidly increasing, the Pharisees thought it necessary to execute without delay what they had purposed at their first council. See Joh 11:53.

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