What Does John 12:19 Mean?

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“therefore”

(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly

“The Pharisees”

a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary

“said”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

“among”

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,

“themselves”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc

“Perceive ye”

to be a spectator of, i.e., discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge))

“how”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“nothing”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“ye prevail”

to be useful, i.e., to benefit

not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the world”

orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))

“after”

to the back, i.e., aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“is gone”

to go off (i.e., depart), aside (i.e., apart) or behind (i.e., follow), literally or figuratively