John 12:32 meaning and explanation

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”

John 12:32, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus speaks these words shortly before his final Passover, after some Greeks ask to see him and he announces that his hour has come. The phrase “lifted up” (Greek hypsoō) carries a double sense in John: it means both raised on the cross and exalted in glory.

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