Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 12:30 in context
John 12:27–33
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“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause.
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Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
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Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
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Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.
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Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
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And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
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But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
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