John 12:20 “Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the f…”

John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe there were certaine Greekes among them that came vp to worship at the feast.

Darby Translation

And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;

Young's Literal Translation

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

Bible in Basic English

Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

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Cross references

“Greeks”

John 7:35 Acts 17:4 Mark 7:26 Galatians 2:3 Acts 14:1 Acts 16:1

John 7:35 · BSB

At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

Acts 17:4 · BSB

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

Mark 7:26 · BSB

Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Galatians 2:3 · BSB

Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Acts 14:1 · BSB

At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

Acts 16:1 · BSB

Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

“to worship”

Isaiah 11:10 1 Kings 8:41–43 Acts 8:27 Isaiah 60:2–14 Isaiah 66:19–21

Isaiah 11:10 · BSB

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

1 Kings 8:41–43 · BSB

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

Acts 8:27 · BSB

So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

Isaiah 60:2–14 · BSB

For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

Isaiah 66:19–21 · BSB

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My gl…

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

In context

19Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

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