Parallel Verses
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast:
New American Standard Bible
Now there were some
King James Version
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
Holman Bible
Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival.
International Standard Version
Now some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.
A Conservative Version
Now some Greeks were from those who came up so that they might worship at the feast.
American Standard Version
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
Amplified
Now there were some Greeks (Gentiles) among those who were going up to worship at the feast;
An Understandable Version
Now there were certain Greeks among those going up to Jerusalem to worship [God] at the [Passover] Festival [Note: These people were God-fearing Gentiles like Cornelius. See Acts 10].
Anderson New Testament
Among those who came to worship at the feast were certain Greeks.
Bible in Basic English
Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:
Common New Testament
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast.
Daniel Mace New Testament
In the mean time, among the rest that came to worship at the feast,
Darby Translation
And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;
Godbey New Testament
And there was certain Greeks of those having come up that they might worship at the feast:
Goodspeed New Testament
There were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival,
John Wesley New Testament
Now among those who came up to worship at the feast, there were certain Greeks.
Julia Smith Translation
And there were certain Greeks of those going up that they might worship in the festival:
King James 2000
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up in order to worship at the feast.
Modern King James verseion
And there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the Feast.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There were certain Greeks among them, that came to pray at the feast.
Moffatt New Testament
Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival;
Montgomery New Testament
Now there were certain Greeks among those who had come up to worship during the Passover feast;
NET Bible
Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.
New Heart English Bible
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
Noyes New Testament
Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.
Sawyer New Testament
And there were some Greeks of those who went up to Jerusalem to worship at the feast;
The Emphasized Bible
Now there were certain Greeks, from among them who were coming up that they might worship in the feast.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,
Webster
And there were certain Greeks among them, that came to worship at the feast.
Weymouth New Testament
Now some of those who used to come up to worship at the Festival were Greeks.
Williams New Testament
There were some Greeks among those who were coming up to worship at the feast,
World English Bible
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
Worrell New Testament
And there were some Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast.
Worsley New Testament
And among those that came up to worship at the feast there were certain Greeks:
Youngs Literal Translation
And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,
Themes
Andrew » Tells jesus of the greeks who sought to see him
Bringing men to jesus » The seekers
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the jews » And to see jesus
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Aliens (non-jews) were permitted to attend
Greece » Inhabitants of » Desire to see jesus
Philip » One of the twelve apostles » Brings certain greeks to jesus who desire to see him
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Greeks Seeking Jesus
19 Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him. 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast: 21 these then came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida, of Galilee, and they asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.
Phrases
Cross References
John 7:35
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks?
Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by birth, and she entreated him that the devil might be cast out of her daughter.
Acts 8:27
And he arose and went: and lo! an Ethiopian man, an eunuch, a person in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury; he had gone to worship unto Jerusalem,
Acts 17:4
And some of them believed, and associated themselves with Paul and Silas; and of the religious Greeks a vast multitude, and of the wives of the first people not a few.
Acts 14:1
NOW it came to pass at Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake in such a manner, as that a vast multitude both of the Jews and Greek proselytes believed.
Acts 16:1
THEN he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold! a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman, who believed; but his father was a Greek:
Acts 20:21
repeatedly urging both on Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 21:28
crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, who, by his preaching, sets all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: yea and more still, hath brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place:
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between either Jew or Greek: for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.
Galatians 2:3
And even Titus, who was with me, though a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians 3:28
There is no more Jew or Gentile, there is no more slave or freeman, there is no more male or female: but ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
Where there is no difference whether a man be Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian or Scythian, slave or freeman: but Christ is all and in all.