These Gentiles were excluded from the temple court where Jesus was sitting over against the treasury. They had heard much in favor of and against Jesus, and were desirous to see and hear him for themselves. They could not come to him, but were obliged to wait in the court of the Gentiles. As the disciples bore the message of the Greeks to Jesus and awaited his answer, he seemed to be in a deep study, and answered them: “The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” The request of the Greeks to see Jesus brought the future before him. The Jews had rejected the only one who could save them. They were soon to imbrue their hands in his blood, and place him with thieves and robbers. The Saviour, rejected by the house of Israel, was to be received by the Gentiles. He looked forward with joy to the period when the partition wall between Jew and Gentile would be thrown down, and the broad harvest field would be the world. {3SP 74.2}


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I den yderste forgård.

Hedningerne var udelukkede fra tempelgården, hvor Jesus sad overfor templets kiste. De havde hørt megen tale for og imod Jesus og ønskede at se og høre ham for sig selv. De kunne ikke komme til ham, men var tvunget til at vente i hedningernes forgård. Da disciplene fortalte Jesus, hvad grækerne havde sagt, og at de ventede på ham, syntes han at være fordybet i alvorlige betragtninger og svarede dem: Timen er kommet, da menneskesønnen skal herliggøres. Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg eder: hvis hvedekornet ikke lægges i jorden og dør, bliver det kun det ene korn; men hvis det dør, bærer det megen frugt." (23.,24.vers) Grækernes ønske at se Jesus bragte fremtiden frem for hans tanke. Jøderne havde forkastet den eneste, som kunne frelse dem. De ville snart besmitte deres hænder med hans blod og regne ham lige med tyve og røvere. Jesus, som blev forkastet af Israel, blev modtaget af hedningerne. Han så fremad med glæde til den tid, da skille væggen mellem jøder og hedninger skulle blive nedbrudt og verden ville blive en stor høstmark.

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