Reminded of His Suffering (John 12:23, 24)

A peculiar incident, these Greeks, at the feast at Jerusalem. That is, if we grasp the true relation of their coming to the feast and their request to see Jesus. We read "And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast (original: who were wont to go up): The same came therefore to Philip. . . . saying, Sir, we would see Jesus." We do not deem it necessary to elaborate on their coming to the feast as something peculiar, for it was their custom. Nor is it of...