Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
There were some Greeks among those who were coming 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.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at 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.
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 So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you cannot help it at all; the whole world has gone off after Him!" 20 There were some Greeks among those who were coming up to worship at the feast, 21 and they went to Philip who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and kept making this request of him, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
Phrases
Cross References
John 7:35
The Jews then said to one another, "Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? He is not going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and going to teach the Greeks, is He?
Mark 7:26
She was a heathen who spoke Greek and had been born in Syro-Phenicia. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
Acts 8:27
So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian official, a member of the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, her chief treasurer, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,
Acts 17:4
So some of them were convinced, and they joined Paul and Silas; also quite a number of devout Greeks and not a few women of the first rank.
Acts 14:1
At Iconium too they went to the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks came to believe.
Acts 16:1
Now he went to Derbe and Lystra too. At Lystra there was a disciple named Timothy, whose mother was a Christian Jewess, but his father was a Greek.
Acts 20:21
but constantly and earnestly I urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn with repentance to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus.
Acts 21:28
as they kept shouting, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who teaches everybody everywhere against our people and the law and this place; yea, more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and desecrated this sacred place."
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who trusts, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.
Romans 10:12
But there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is over them all, because He is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him.
Galatians 2:3
But they did not even try to compel my companion, Titus, although he was a Greek, to be circumcised --
Galatians 3:28
There is no room for Jew or Greek, no room for slave or freeman, no room for male or female, for you are all one through union with Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
In this new relation there is no Greek and Jew, no circumcised and uncircumcised, no barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is everything and in us all.