King James Version
John 12:17 in the King James Version says “The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare recor...” — study this verse from John chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.”
John 12:17 · KJV
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
These 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.
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing ? behold, the world is gone after him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The people”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
“with”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“he called”
G5455to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“raised”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
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