John 12:20

¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

And {G1161} there were {G2258} certain {G5100} Greeks {G1672} among {G1537} them that came up {G305} to {G2443} worship {G4352} at {G1722} the feast {G1859}:

Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greek-speaking Jews.

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:

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Cross-References

  • John 7:35 (5 votes)

    Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

  • Isaiah 11:10 (4 votes)

    ¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

  • Acts 17:4 (4 votes)

    And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

  • 1 Kings 8:41 (3 votes)

    Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

  • 1 Kings 8:43 (3 votes)

    Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

  • Mark 7:26 (3 votes)

    The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

  • Acts 8:27 (3 votes)

    And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,