John 12:22

22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

John 12:22 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
English Standard Version (ESV)
22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
New Living Translation (NLT)
22 Philip told Andrew about it, and they went together to ask Jesus.
The Message Bible (MSG)
22 Philip went and told Andrew. Andrew and Philip together told Jesus.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they tell Jesus.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
22 Philip told Andrew, and they told Jesus.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
22 Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
22 Philip went to tell Andrew. Then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

John 12:22 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:22

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew
The request the Greeks made to him, and this he did, that he might have his advice in this matter; and that not only because he might be a senior man as well as apostle, but because he was of the same town, and might know these men as well as Philip:

and again, Andrew and Philip told Jesus;
after they had consulted together, whether it was proper or not, to move this thing to their master; since he had forbid them going in the way of the Gentiles, they agreed to acquaint him with it, that he might do his pleasure.

John 12:22 In-Context

20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.
21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”
22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
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