32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
32 And I, when I am lifted up
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."
32 And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, will attract everyone to me and gather them around me."
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself."
32 And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!"
19 and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
19 They will then hand him over to the Romans for mockery and torture and crucifixion. On the third day he will be raised up alive."
19 and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again."
19 Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead."
(Read Matthew 20:17-19)
Christ is more particular here in foretelling his sufferings than before. And here, as before, he adds the mention of his resurrection and his glory, to that of his death and sufferings, to encourage his disciples, and comfort them. A believing view of our once crucified and now glorified Redeemer, is good to humble a proud, self-justifying disposition. When we consider the need of the humiliation and sufferings of the Son of God, in order to the salvation of perishing sinners, surely we must be aware of the freeness and richness of Divine grace in our salvation.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 12:32
Commentary on John 12:27-33
(Read John 12:27-33)
The sin of our souls was the troubled of Christ's soul, when he undertook to redeem and save us, and to make his soul an offering for our sin. Christ was willing to suffer, yet prayed to be saved from suffering. Prayer against trouble may well agree with patience under it, and submission to the will of God in it. Our Lord Jesus undertook to satisfy God's injured honour, and he did it by humbling himself. The voice of the Father from heaven, which had declared him to be his beloved Son, at his baptism, and when he was transfigured, was heard proclaiming that He had both glorified his name, and would glorify it. Christ, reconciling the world to God by the merit of his death, broke the power of death, and cast out Satan as a destroyer. Christ, bringing the world to God by the doctrine of his cross, broke the power of sin, and cast out Satan as a deceiver. The soul that was at a distance from Christ, is brought to love him and trust him. Jesus was now going to heaven, and he would draw men's hearts to him thither. There is power in the death of Christ to draw souls to him. We have heard from the gospel that which exalts free grace, and we have heard also that which enjoins duty; we must from the heart embrace both, and not separate them.