John 12:16 “At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesu…”

John 12:16

At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But his disciples vnderstoode not these thinges at the first: but when Iesus was glorified, then remembred they, that these thinges were written of him, and that they had done these things vnto him.

Darby Translation

[Now] his disciples knew not these things at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.

Young's Literal Translation

And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.

Bible in Basic English

(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

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Cross references

“understood”

Luke 9:45 Luke 18:34 Luke 24:25 Luke 24:45

Luke 9:45 · BSB

But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Luke 18:34 · BSB

But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

Luke 24:25 · BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:45 · BSB

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

“when”

John 7:39 John 12:23 Acts 2:36 Acts 2:33 Acts 3:13 Hebrews 8:1

John 7:39 · BSB

He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

John 12:23 · BSB

But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Acts 2:36 · BSB

Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

Acts 2:33 · BSB

Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

Acts 3:13 · BSB

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

Hebrews 8:1 · BSB

The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

“then”

John 2:22 John 14:26 John 16:4 Luke 24:6–8

John 2:22 · BSB

After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

John 14:26 · BSB

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

John 16:4 · BSB

But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Luke 24:6–8 · BSB

He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:

Also

Mark 9:32

Mark 9:32 · BSB

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

17Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.

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