What Does John 12:23 Mean?
Jesus answered them and said, The hour has come that the Son of Man should be clothed in weight.
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King James wording
King James Version
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.THE KEY
The hour does not create the Son of Man’s weight; it is the hour that reveals it.
THE MEANING
The hour of disclosure is here: the Son of Man’s weight comes into view through the path of suffering that leads through death. Glory is not added from outside; this hour reveals what his nature carries. The verse speaks to you wherever a costly hour exposes what is truly weighty.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that a costly hour means a life has lost its glory dissolves here: this is the hour in which the Son of Man is glorified.
THE ROOT
δοξασθῇ
doxasthē
GROWS FROM
δόξα
doxa
Weight, honor, recognized worth; to glorify is to make that weight visible.
“clothed in weight” in this verse is doxasthē. The verb carries more than public praise: it holds the sense of honor and recognized worth, the weight that comes into view. The hour reveals what the Son of Man carries through the path of suffering.
ALSO GROWS
doxazō: To glorify or honor; to make someone’s recognized worth visible.
δοξάζω
This is the verb form behind “should be glorified,” linking the hour to the revealing of the Son of Man’s weight.
endoxos: Honored, held in esteem, glorious.
ἔνδοξος
This branch shows the public recognition carried by the same root: what is revealed in the hour is worthy of honor.
THE PATTERN
The Son of Man’s weight is revealed through suffering and recognized as honor and authority.
I saw in night visions, and look, one like a son of man came with the clouds of the heavens. He reached the Ancient of Days, and they drew him near before him. And dominion was given to him, and weight, and a kingdom, so that all peoples, nations, and tongues should serve him. His dominion is a dominion of ages, which shall not be moved away, and his kingdom which shall not be destroyed.But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the messengers for the suffering of death, crowned with weight and honor, so that by the favor of God he might taste death for everyone.Saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and weight, and blessing.THE THREAD
So when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man is clothed in weight, and God is clothed in weight in him.John 13:31 uses the same verb, δοξάζω (doxazō), meaning “to glorify, honor, make weight visible,” and repeats that the Son of Man is glorified now. The echo makes this hour a revelation of weight in the present movement of the passage.
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