John 12:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.

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  • John 7:35 : 35 Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does he intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles?
  • Acts 8:27 : 27 And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, had come to Jerusalem to worship,
  • 1 Kgs 8:41-43 : 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, who is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name's sake; 42 (For they shall hear of your great name, and of your strong hand, and of your outstretched arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; 43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.
  • Acts 17:4 : 4 And some of them believed, and joined Paul and Silas; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and many leading women.
  • Mark 7:26 : 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth; and she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 21:28 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.
  • Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  • Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
  • Gal 2:3 : 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand as a sign for the people; to it the Gentiles shall seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
  • Isa 60:2-9 : 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4 Lift up your eyes all around and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried at your side. 5 Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall turn to you, the wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory. 8 Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? 9 Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you. 10 And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you. 11 Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. 14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet, and they shall call you, The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 66:19-21 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the distant isles, that have not heard my fame, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.
  • Acts 14:1 : 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks believed.
  • Acts 16:1 : 1 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra, and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain woman who was a Jew and believed; but his father was a Greek.

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