John · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
John 12 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Audio: Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA), read by Joyfull · About the recordings
1 Seis días antes de la Pascua, Jesús fue a Betania, al hogar de Lázaro, quien había sido levantado de los muertos.
1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2 Había allí una cena preparada en su honor. Marta ayudaba a servir la comida mientras que Lázaro estaba sentado en la mesa con Jesús y con los demás invitados.
2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
3 María trajo medio litro de perfume de nardo puro y ungió los pies de Jesús, secándolos con su cabello. El aroma del perfume se esparció por toda la casa.
3 Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
4 Pero uno de los discípulos, Judas Iscariote, quien después traicionaría a Jesús, preguntó:
4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
5 “¿No era mejor vender este perfume y regalar el dinero a los pobres? El perfume costaba trescientos denarios”.
5 “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
6 Él no decía esto porque le interesaran los pobres, sino porque era un ladrón. Él era quien administraba el dinero de los discípulos y a menudo tomaba de ese dinero para sí mismo.
6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
7 “No la critiquen”, respondió Jesús. “Ella hizo esto como una preparación para el día de mi entierro.
7 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
8 Ustedes siempre tendrán a los pobres aquí con ustedes, pero no siempre me tendrán a mí aquí”.
8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me.”
9 Una gran multitud había descubierto que él estaba allí. Llegaron al lugar no solo para ver a Jesús sino porque querían ver a Lázaro, el hombre a quien Jesús había levantado de los muertos.
9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 Entonces los jefes de los sacerdotes planeaban matar a Lázaro también,
10 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,
11 pues era por él que muchos judíos ya no los seguían a ellos sino que estaban creyendo en Jesús.
11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
12 Al día siguiente, las multitudes de personas que habían venido a la fiesta de la Pascua escucharon que Jesús iba de camino hacia Jerusalén.
12 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Entonces cortaron ramas de palmeras y salieron a darle la bienvenida, gritando: “¡Hosanna! Bendito es el que viene en el nombre del Señor. Bendito es el rey de Israel”.
13 they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
14 Jesús encontró un potrillo y se montó sobre él, tal como dice la Escritura:
14 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,
15 “No temas, hija de Sión. Mira, tu rey viene, montado en un potrillo”.
15 “Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
16 En ese momento, los discípulos de Jesús no entendían lo que significaban estas cosas. Fue después, cuando Jesús fue glorificado, que ellos entendieron que lo que había ocurrido ya había sido profetizado y se había aplicado a él.
16 His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
17 Muchos en la multitud habían visto a Jesús llamar a Lázaro de la tumba y levantarlo de los muertos, y estaban contando el hecho.
17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it.
18 Esa fue la razón por la que tantas personas fueron a conocer a Jesús—porque habían escuchado acerca de este milagro.
18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
19 Los fariseos se decían unos a otros: “Miren, no estamos logrando nada. Todos corren detrás de él”.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
20 Sucedió que unos griegos habían venido a adorar durante la fiesta.
20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
21 Ellos se acercaron a Felipe de Betsaida, de Galilea, y le dijeron: “Señor, quisiéramos ver a Jesús”.
21 Therefore, these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
22 Felipe fue y le dijo a Andrés. Entonces ambos se acercaron a Jesús y le dijeron esto.
22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
23 Jesús respondió: “Ha llegado el momento para que el Hijo del hombre sea glorificado.
23 Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24 Les digo la verdad: hasta que un grano de trigo no se plante en la tierra y muera, sigue siendo un grano. Pero si muere, produce muchos más granos de trigo.
24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 Si ustedes aman su propia vida, la perderán; pero si no aman su propia vida en este mundo, salvarán sus vidas para siempre.
25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
26 Si ustedes quieren servirme, tienen que seguirme. Mis siervos estarán donde yo esté, y mi Padre honrará a todo el que me sirva.
26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
27 “Ahora estoy atribulado. ¿Qué debo decir, ‘Padre, guárdame de este momento de sufrimiento que está por venir’? No, porque esta es la razón por la cual vine—para vivir este momento de sufrimiento.
27 “Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause.
28 Padre, muéstrame la gloria de tu carácter”. Vino una voz del cielo que decía: “He mostrado la gloria de mi carácter, y la volveré a mostrar”.
28 Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
29 La multitud que estaba allí en pie escuchó la voz. Algunos decían que era un trueno; otros decían que un ángel le había hablado.
29 Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30 Jesús les dijo: “Esta voz no habló por mí, sino por causa de ustedes.
30 Jesus answered, “This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes.
31 Ahora es el juicio de este mundo; ahora el príncipe de este mundo será lanzado fuera.
31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.
32 Pero cuando yo sea levantado, a todos atraeré hacia mí”.
32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
33 (Él dijo esto para señalar el tipo de muerte que iba a sufrir).
33 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
34 La multitud respondió: “la Ley nos dice que el Mesías vivirá para siempre, ¿cómo puedes decir tú que el Hijo del hombre debe ser ‘levantado’? ¿Quién es este ‘Hijo del hombre’?”
34 The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Jesús respondió: “La luz está aquí con ustedes un poco más. Caminen mientras tienen la luz para que la oscuridad no los sorprenda. Los que caminan en la oscuridad no saben hacia dónde van.
35 Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
36 Confíen en la luz mientras la tienen para que sean hijos de la luz”. Cuando Jesús terminó de decirles esto, se fue y se ocultó de ellos.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
37 Pero a pesar de todos los milagros que él había hecho en presencia de ellos, aún no creían en Jesús.
37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him,
38 Esto era en cumplimiento del mensaje del profeta Isaías, quien dijo: “Señor, ¿quién ha creído en lo que hemos dicho? ¿A quién le ha sido revelado el poder del Señor?”
38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Ellos no podían creer en él, y como consecuencia, cumplieron lo que Isaías dijo:
39 For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:
40 “Él cegó sus ojos, y oscureció sus mentes a fin de que sus ojos no vieran, y sus mentes no pensaran, y no se volvieran a mí—porque si lo hacían, yo los sanaría”.
40 “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
41 Isaías vio la gloria de Jesús y dijo esto en referencia a él.
41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
42 Incluso muchos de los líderes creían en él. Sin embargo, no lo admitían abiertamente porque no querían que los fariseos los expulsaran de la sinagoga,
42 Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
43 demostrando que amaban la admiración humana más que la aprobación de Dios.
43 for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
44 Jesús dijo a gran voz: “Si creen en mí, no solamente están creyendo en mí sino también en Aquél que me envió.
44 Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
45 Cuando me ven a mí, están viendo al que me envió.
45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 He venido como una luz que ilumina al mundo, así que si creen en mí no permanecerán en la oscuridad.
46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
47 Yo no juzgo a ninguno que escucha mis palabras y no hace lo que yo digo. Yo vine a salvar al mundo, no a juzgarlo.
47 If anyone listens to my sayings and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 Cualquiera que me rechaza y no acepta mis palabras, será juzgado en el juicio final, conforme a lo que he dicho.
48 He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.
49 Porque no estoy hablando por mí mismo sino por mi Padre que me envió. Él fue quien me instruyó en cuanto a lo que debo decir y cómo lo debo decir.
49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 Yo sé que lo que Él me ordenó que les dijera, trae vida eterna—Así que todo lo que yo digo es lo que el Padre me dijo a mí”.
50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Lazarus
A man of Bethany, brother of Mary and Martha, whom Jesus loved and raised from the dead and who was later at table with Him.
Cited in the guide: John 11:1; John 11:5; John 12:1
Places
Bethany
Bethany was Jesus' lodging near Jerusalem during Passion week and the home of Lazarus. Luke sets the Ascension close by.
Cited in the guide: John 11:1; John 12:1; Luke 24:50
Cross references (50)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mark 14:3–8; Luke 24:50; John 11:1; Matthew 21:17; John 11:55
- 2 Luke 22:27; Revelation 3:20; Luke 10:38–42; John 12:9–10; Mark 14:3
- 3 Mark 14:3–9; John 11:2; Luke 10:38–39; Luke 7:37–38; Matthew 26:6–13
- 4 Matthew 10:4; 1 Samuel 17:28–29; John 18:2–5; John 13:2; Luke 6:16
- 5 Luke 12:33; Luke 18:22; Mark 14:4–5; Matthew 26:8–9; Luke 6:41
- 6 John 13:29; Psalm 50:16–20; James 2:6; James 2:2; 2 Kings 5:20–27
- 7 Matthew 26:12; Mark 14:6; Matthew 27:57–60; Matthew 26:10; Mark 15:42–47
- 8 Deuteronomy 15:11; Mark 14:7; Matthew 26:11; John 12:35; John 13:33
- 9 Acts 4:14; John 11:43–45; Acts 3:10–11
- 10 Luke 16:31; Genesis 4:4–10; Matthew 2:16; John 11:47–53; Job 40:8–9
- 11 John 11:45; Acts 13:45; James 3:14–16; John 12:18; John 15:18–25
- 12 Mark 11:7–10; Luke 19:35–38; Matthew 21:4–9; John 11:55–56
- 13 Psalm 118:25–26; Revelation 15:3; Luke 19:35–38; Matthew 21:9–11; Revelation 7:9
- 14 Zechariah 9:9; Mark 11:1–7; Matthew 21:1–7; Luke 19:29–35
- 15 Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 62:11; Zephaniah 3:16–17; Isaiah 35:4–5; 2 Samuel 16:2
- 16 John 2:22; John 14:26; John 7:39; John 12:23; Acts 2:36
- 17 1 John 5:9–12; Revelation 1:2; Acts 1:22; John 12:9; Acts 5:32
- 18 John 12:11
- 19 Acts 17:6; Psalm 22:27; Acts 4:16–17; 1 John 2:2; John 3:26
- 20 John 7:35; Isaiah 11:10; Acts 17:4; 1 Kings 8:41–43; Mark 7:26
- 21 Matthew 2:2; Luke 19:2–4; John 14:8–9; John 6:40; Matthew 11:21
- 22 Luke 9:49–50; John 1:40–41; Mark 10:13–14; John 6:8; Matthew 10:5
- 23 John 13:31–32; John 17:1–5; Mark 14:41; 1 Peter 2:9–10; Isaiah 49:5–6
- 24 1 Corinthians 15:36–38; Hebrews 2:9–10; Isaiah 53:10–12; John 12:32–33; Psalm 72:16
- 25 Matthew 10:39; Luke 9:23–24; Mark 8:35; Luke 17:33; Matthew 16:25
- 26 Colossians 3:24; Galatians 1:10; 1 Samuel 2:30; John 10:27; John 17:24
- 27 John 12:23; Isaiah 38:15; Hebrews 5:7; Mark 14:33–36; Matthew 26:42
- 28 John 13:31–32; Matthew 26:42; Revelation 5:9–14; John 11:40–44; Isaiah 49:3–7
- 29 Job 37:2–5; Revelation 6:1; Revelation 14:2; Exodus 19:16; Ezekiel 10:5
- 30 John 11:42; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 11:15; John 5:34
- 31 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 5:19; John 14:30; Ephesians 6:12
- 32 John 3:14; John 8:28; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:2; John 1:7
- 33 John 18:32; John 21:19
- 34 Ezekiel 37:24–25; Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 7:14; Psalm 110:4; Daniel 2:44
- 35 John 12:46; John 16:16; Ephesians 5:8; 1 John 1:6–7; John 8:12
- 36 Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; John 8:59; Luke 16:8; John 1:7
- 37 Luke 16:31; John 1:11; John 15:24; Matthew 11:20; John 11:42
- 38 Isaiah 53:1; Romans 10:16; Romans 10:20; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 4:3–6
- 39 John 5:44; Isaiah 6:9–10; 2 Peter 2:14; John 10:38; John 6:44
- 40 Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:13–15; Luke 8:10; Mark 4:12; Isaiah 57:18–19
- 41 Isaiah 6:1–5; John 1:14; Isaiah 6:9–10; John 1:18; John 5:39
- 42 John 7:13; Isaiah 51:7; John 9:22; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 10:32
- 43 John 5:44; Matthew 23:5–7; John 5:41; Luke 16:15; 2 Corinthians 10:18
- 44 Matthew 10:40; John 5:24; John 13:20; Mark 9:37; John 7:28
- 45 John 14:9–10; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3; John 12:41
- 46 John 8:12; Psalm 36:9; John 9:5; Isaiah 42:7; John 12:35–36
- 47 John 3:17; John 12:48; John 8:15–16; 1 Timothy 1:15–16; 1 John 4:14
- 48 Luke 10:16; Hebrews 9:27–28; Romans 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; John 3:17–20
- 49 John 14:10; John 8:26; John 5:30; John 17:8; Deuteronomy 18:18
- 50 John 17:3; John 6:68; 1 John 5:20; John 6:63; 1 Timothy 1:16
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
What is it, Brethren, which we have heard the Lord saying, "He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
After our Lord's raising of one to life, who had been four days dead, to the utter amazement of the Jews, some of whom believed on seeing it, and others perished in their envy, because of that sweet savor which is unto life to some, and to others unto death; after He had sat down to meat with Lazarus--the one …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
As wealth is wont to hurl into destruction those who are not heedful, so also is power; the first leads into covetousness, the second into pride.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… again, was indicated when He said, "My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death;" her fear by the words, "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me;" and her perplexity, too, when He said, "And what I shall say, I know not."
For there is yet a little light in men; let them walk--let them "walk," that the "darkness" seize them not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)