John 12:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

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  • Ps 145:6-7 : 6 They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds! 7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.
  • John 1:19 : 19 The Testimony of John the Baptist Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,“Who are you?”
  • John 1:32 : 32 Then John testified,“I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
  • John 1:34 : 34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”
  • John 5:35-39 : 35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light. 36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, 38 nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. 39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
  • John 8:13-14 : 13 So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” 14 Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.
  • John 11:31 : 31 Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
  • John 11:42 : 42 I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
  • John 11:45-46 : 45 The Response of the Jewish Leaders Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.
  • John 12:9 : 9 Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
  • John 15:26-27 : 26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me, 27 and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
  • John 19:35 : 35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
  • John 21:24 : 24 A Final Note This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us– one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
  • 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son. 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.) 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
  • Rev 1:2 : 2 who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.

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    9Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

    10So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

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    41So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said,“Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

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    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

    44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”

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    29When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.