I. Para empezar
A. Resumen de la sesión
B. Ejercicios de repaso
C. Vocabulario clave
D. Lectura
Usemos el texto griego para leer Jn 12:20–50.
Clave de lectura
E. Memorizando el texto griego
II. CONTENIDO
III. Práctica de exégesis:
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The grain of wheat saying marks a decisive theological and narrative pivot. Throughout the Gospel, Jesus’ “hour” has remained future, but when the Greeks request to see him, the parameters shift dramatically—the hour for the Son of Man’s glorification has now arrived.[1] Jesus depicts his death as a kernel of wheat sown in the ground that must die to produce a rich harvest; like the seed whose death generates life for a great crop, Jesus’ death produces abundant fruit, and through this self-sacrifice the Son is glorified.[1] This represents the Gospel’s turning point because Jesus’ death becomes the first stage on his way to receiving glory—his return to the glory he possessed with the Father before the world began.[1]
Jesus’ declaration “now is my soul troubled” (12:27) expresses genuine human anguish at the approaching passion, yet he immediately reaffirms his commitment to the Father’s will. This moment crystallizes the Gospel’s central tension: the Son’s voluntary obedience to death as the pathway to glorification. Jesus’ glorification is tied to his refusal to seek his own glory and his commitment to do what pleases his Father, culminating in the spectacular obedience of self-sacrifice.[1]
Regarding Isaiah’s hardening citation in 12:37–43, the theodicy problem is acute. Despite Jesus’ signs, the people did not believe, with the imperfect tense suggesting they might give occasional evidence of transitory belief, but this state of affairs fulfilled Isaiah’s words.[2] John apparently makes God the active agent of the hardening of the people’s hearts.[2] However, reprobation is not the symmetrical antithesis of election; John nowhere states that Jesus chose men to be condemned, and the primary mission of the Son is to save, springing from God’s love.[2] Those condemned are justly condemned and rightly accountable for their unbelief; they are not forced into an unbelief they do not themselves want.[2]
Sources cited: D. A. Carson, The Gospel according to John, PNTC (1991), pp. 428–429; D. A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (2002), pp. 125–127. The search was constrained to these two authors. Would you like me to search your entire library instead?
[1] D. A. Carson, The Gospel according to John, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; W.B. Eerdmans, 1991), 437–438. [2] D. A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Biblical Perspectives in Tension (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2002), 195–196.
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