Robertson Word Pictures - John 12:32 - 12:32

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Robertson Word Pictures - John 12:32 - 12:32


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And I, if I be lifted from the earth (kagō an hupsōthō ek tēs gēs). Note proleptic position of egō (I). Condition of third class (undetermined with prospect) with an (= ean here) with first aorist passive subjunctive of hupsoō, the verb used in Joh 3:14 of the brazen serpent and of the Cross of Christ as here and also in Joh 8:28. Westcott again presses ek instead of apo to make it refer to the ascension rather than to the Cross, a wrong interpretation surely.

Will draw all men unto myself (pantas helkusō pros emauton). Future active of helkuō, late form of helkō, to draw, to attract. Jesus had already used this verb of the Father’s drawing power (Joh 6:44). The magnetism of the Cross is now known of all men, however little they understand the mystery of the Cross. By “all men” (pantas) Jesus does not mean every individual man, for some, as Simeon said (Luk 2:34) are repelled by Christ, but this is the way that Greeks (Joh 12:22) can and will come to Christ, by the way of the Cross, the only way to the Father (Joh 14:6).