Joh 12:36 | TNotes | STEP | 12:36 Jesus was the light (1:4 , 7-9 ; 3:19-21 ; 8:12 ), and he urged the crowd to quickly make the choice to believe in him before it was too late. • They had the choice of becoming children of the light by rebirth through the power of God (1:12-13 ). • Jesus ... was hidden from them: Jesus withdrew first from Judea (11:54 ) and then from this audience (12:36 ), and soon he would withdraw from the world (17:11 ).

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b1:4►

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‏ John 12:36

12:36 ^a Jesus was the light (1:4 ^b, 7-9 ^c; 3:19-21 ^d; 8:12 ^e), and he urged the crowd to quickly make the choice to believe in him before it was too late.

• They had the choice of becoming children of the light by rebirth through the power of God (1:12-13 ^f).

• Jesus ... was hidden from them: Jesus withdrew first from Judea (11:54 ^g) and then from this audience (12:36 ^h), and soon he would withdraw from the world (17:11 ⁱ).