Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival.
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:
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.
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 the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look—the world has gone after Him!”
Phrases
Cross References
John 7:35
Then the Jews
1 Kings 8:41-43
but has come from a distant land
because of Your name—
Mark 7:26
Now the woman was Greek,
Acts 8:27
So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch
Acts 17:4
Then some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a great number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number
Isaiah 11:10
will stand as a banner for the peoples.
The nations will seek Him,
and His resting place will be glorious.
Isaiah 60:2-14
and total darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will shine over you,
and His glory will appear over you.
Isaiah 66:19-21
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put,
Acts 14:1
The same thing happened in Iconium; they entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
Acts 16:1
Then he went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy,
Acts 20:21
I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God
Acts 21:28
shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has profaned this holy place.”
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
Romans 10:12
for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek,
Galatians 2:3
But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
Galatians 3:28
There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free,
Colossians 3:11
In Christ