Good word! Question on this, though: Why mention the arrival of the Greeks wanting to see Jesus if he doesn't even acknowledge them but instead goes into a dissertation on his hour? Was he looking for them? Or is it more a sign of the feast they come to attend and he knew that this is when he would die/be glorified?
Insightful question: There is a lot to take in through this whole event. John doesn't tell us everything. We can only guess at the motivations of the Greeks who were making the request. Was it curiosity? Was it disappointment with the Judaism they had adopted? Was to ask Jesus questions? We aren't told.
What is also interesting is we don't exactly know whether or not they actually met Jesus. After Philip makes the request, Jesus gives an answer but doesn't exactly say that the Greeks can have a meeting with Him.
When you read through the whole context it suggests otherwise. In verse 36 is tells us that He actually hid himself from them.
I think the key here is in the well known verse within the context. Verse 32 says, "When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself." While this is often used as a text to talk about how worship of Jesus is evangelistic, the context itself points to it being about the crucifixion. Jesus would be lifted up on the cross and it was through that death that all people would be drawn into a relationship with Him.
So, I don't think those Greeks actually had an audience with Jesus, but I admit that the text never really says one way or the other. But we shouldn't read it as a rejection of them by Jesus, but as an opportunity for Jesus to show that they way to Him was not through a physical meet up, but through His death burial and resurrection.
Jesus was saying that He was going to draw the Greeks to Himself, but it would be through His redemptive work on the cross.
Amen, praise and honor to Jesus Christ our Lord.
Good word! Question on this, though: Why mention the arrival of the Greeks wanting to see Jesus if he doesn't even acknowledge them but instead goes into a dissertation on his hour? Was he looking for them? Or is it more a sign of the feast they come to attend and he knew that this is when he would die/be glorified?
Insightful question: There is a lot to take in through this whole event. John doesn't tell us everything. We can only guess at the motivations of the Greeks who were making the request. Was it curiosity? Was it disappointment with the Judaism they had adopted? Was to ask Jesus questions? We aren't told.
What is also interesting is we don't exactly know whether or not they actually met Jesus. After Philip makes the request, Jesus gives an answer but doesn't exactly say that the Greeks can have a meeting with Him.
When you read through the whole context it suggests otherwise. In verse 36 is tells us that He actually hid himself from them.
I think the key here is in the well known verse within the context. Verse 32 says, "When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself." While this is often used as a text to talk about how worship of Jesus is evangelistic, the context itself points to it being about the crucifixion. Jesus would be lifted up on the cross and it was through that death that all people would be drawn into a relationship with Him.
So, I don't think those Greeks actually had an audience with Jesus, but I admit that the text never really says one way or the other. But we shouldn't read it as a rejection of them by Jesus, but as an opportunity for Jesus to show that they way to Him was not through a physical meet up, but through His death burial and resurrection.
Jesus was saying that He was going to draw the Greeks to Himself, but it would be through His redemptive work on the cross.
At least that is how I read it.