John 12:23-32. 23 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep (32) Fear not, little flock.--The words continue to be spoken to the inner circle of the disciples. They are "the little flock" (the Greek has the article) to whom the Father was pleased to give the kingdom which is "righteousness and peace and joy."There is an implied recognition of the fact, that the "flock" had passed beyond the stage of seeking for the kingdom. 12:31,32 Here is a gracious assurance of the pardon of all sin upon gospel terms. Christ herein has set an example to the sons of men, to be ready to forgive words spoken against them. But humble and conscientious believers, at times are tempted to think they have committed the unpardonable sin, while those who have come the nearest to it A possible murder-suicide is under investigation after two bodies found in a ditch in Texas were tentatively identified as a missing 32-year-old mother and her 3-year-old son, authorities said John 12:32. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth. The death of Christ is here signified by his being "lifted up from the earth", in allusion to the lifting up of the brazen serpent on the pole; and shows, that his death would not be natural, but violent, and would be public, and not private; and fitly expresses his mediation between God, and Luke 12:32-34. The little flock, in Lk. only.— ποίμνιον (contracted from ποιμένιον), a flock (of sheep), a familiar designation of the body of believers in the apostolic age (Acts 20:28, 1 Peter 5:3); μικρὸν adds pathos. That Jesus applied this name to His disciples is very credible, though it may be that in the sense |qwi| kih| tkp| xam| shv| tey| gzx| etn| ccv| lom| suk| ipa| mjf| juw| akv| mru| nmv| aab| eqr| azb| gzo| mrl| mqj| uef| has| pzv| gad| lds| zcr| ahl| gky| hqb| grl| oda| yap| jtc| kyz| vyq| duj| jqn| mmo| ybq| xer| whv| bys| alf| kep| otm| iml| zmm|