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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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ταῦταtautaThese thingsG3778 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔγνωσανegnōsanknewG1097 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101 →
τὸtofrom theG3588 →
πρῶτον,prōtonfirst,G4413 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
ὅτεhotewhenG3753 →
ἐδοξάσθηedoxasthēwas glorifiedG1392 →
Ἰησοῦς,IēsousJesus,G2424 →
τότεtotethenG5119 →
ἐμνήσθησανemnēsthēsanthey rememberedG3403 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ταῦταtautathese thingsG3778 →
ἦνēnwereG1510 →
ἐπ᾽ep᾽aboutG1909 →
αὐτῷautōHimG846 →
γεγραμμέναgegrammenawrittenG1125 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ταῦταtautathese thingsG3778 →
ἐποίησανepoiēsanthey had doneG4160 →
αὐτῷ.¶autōto Him.G846 →

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John 13:7Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”John 2:22After 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 14:26But 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 7:39He 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 12:23But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.Acts 2:36Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”Acts 2:33Exalted, 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 3:13The 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.Luke 24:6–8He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Luke 18:34But 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 9:45But 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.Hebrews 8:1The 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,John 16:4But 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.John 16:17Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”Luke 19:34“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

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