John 12:33

Simplified Cowboy Version

He was telling them how he was going to die.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He said this to indicate what kind of death he was about to die.

King James Version (1611)
(This hee said, signifying what death he should die)

King James Version
This he said, signifying what death he should die.

English Standard Version
He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

New American Standard Bible
Now He was saying this to indicate what kind of death He was going to die.

New Century Version
Jesus said this to show how he would die.

Amplified Bible
He said this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

Legacy Standard Bible
But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was about to die.

Berean Standard Bible
He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus was talking about the way he would be put to death.

Complete Jewish Bible
He said this to indicate what kind of death he would die.

Darby Translation
But this he said signifying by what death he was about to die.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said this to show how he would die.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe this sayd he, signifying what death he should die.

George Lamsa Translation
He said this, to show by what kind of death he was to die.

Good News Translation
(In saying this he indicated the kind of death he was going to suffer.)

Lexham English Bible
(Now he said this to indicate by what sort of death he was going to die.)

Literal Translation
But He said this, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

American Standard Version
But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

Bible in Basic English
(This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

Hebrew Names Version
But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

International Standard Version
He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.John 18:32;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But this he said to show by what death he should die.

Murdock Translation
And this he said, to show by what manner of death, he was to die.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(This he sayde, signifiyng what death he shoulde dye.)

English Revised Version
But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

World English Bible
But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
(He spake this, signifying what death he should die.) The people answered him,

Weymouth's New Testament
He said this to indicate the kind of death He would die.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide this thing, signifiynge bi what deth he `was to die.

Update Bible Version
But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

Webster's Bible Translation
(This he said, signifying what death he should die.)

New English Translation
(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)

New King James Version
This He said, signifying by what death He would die.

New Living Translation
He said this to indicate how he was going to die.

New Life Bible
He said this to tell the kind of death He was going to die.

New Revised Standard
He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, this, he was saying, signifying, by what manner of death, he was about to die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(Now this he said, signifying what death he should die.)

Revised Standard Version
He said this to show by what death he was to die.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
This sayde Iesus signifyinge what deeth he shuld dye.

Young's Literal Translation
And this he said signifying by what death he was about to die;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(But this he sayde, to signifye, what death he shulde dye.)

Mace New Testament (1729)
(this he said to signify what death he should die.)

Contextual Overview

²⁷"Right now I feel like I'm hung up in the stirrup, but do you think I'm going to whine about it and say, 'Make it stop, Dad'? No, this is what I came to do. ²⁸God, all this glory is yours!"Then a mighty voice came from heaven, "I have shown my power, and I will do so again." ²⁹Everyone was looking around to see where the voice came from. Some said it was thunder and others said an angel had spoken. ³⁰Then Jesus said, "God let you hear him for your benefit, not mine. ³¹The time for the showdown has arrived. I will meet the devil, the ruler of this world, in the street and when the clock strikes, I will be faster. ³²I will be lifted up for all the world to see, and I will gather the herd to me." ³³He was telling them how he was going to die. ³⁴People started shouting questions at him, saying, "We read the Good Book. The Top Hand, the Messiah, is supposed to live forever. Why do you say now that you will die and be lifted up, but still be faster and win? Who is this 'Top Hand'?" ³⁵Jesus said, "While I'm here, walk in the light and find your way. Get there quick before the darkness overtakes you. ³⁶Trust what I, the light, show you. Don't waste any time. Then you will be children of the light."After he had said this, he was gone.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

signifying: John 18:32, John 21:19

Reciprocal: Mark 9:10 - what Luke 23:33 - they crucified John 8:21 - I go John 12:24 - if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

This he said,.... These are the words of the evangelist, interpreting the design of Christ in the above words, thereby

signifying what death he should die; the phrase of being lifted up from the earth, not only signified his death, but the kind, or manner of it, that it should be by crucifixion; a person crucified being stretched forth upon a cross, and that erected, was lifted up between earth and heaven.