King James Version
John 12:30 in the King James Version says “Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes .” — study this verse from John chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes .”
John 12:30 · KJV
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered : others said, An angel spake to him.
Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes .
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“answered”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“voice”
G5456a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language
“came”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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