💫WEB · John 12:30
What does John 12:30 mean?
"Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes."
— John 12:30 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But for this cause I came to this time.
Father, glorify your name!” Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.
Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
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