John 12:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ἐπί
about
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ἐπί
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus,
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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πρῶτος
first,
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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γινώσκω
knew
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γινώσκω
To know, to understand, to perceive. Ginosko. This is eternal life that they may know You. The deepest knowing is relational not informational. God wants to be known.
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οὗτος
These things
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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ὅτε
when
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ὅτε
When, at the time when, after. When the fullness of time had come God sent His Son. God's timing is always right. He never acts too early or too late.
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μιμνήσκω
they remembered
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μιμνήσκω
To remember, to recollect. Remember the height from which you have fallen and repent. Memory of where you came from helps you stay on the right path.
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γράφω
written
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γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
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τότε
then
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τότε
the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
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ποιέω
they had done
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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δοξάζω
was glorified
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δοξάζω
to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application)
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