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32 And when I am lifted up on the cross,[a] I will draw everyone to me.” 33 He said this to indicate how he was going to die.

34 “Die?” asked the crowd. “We understood that the Messiah would live forever and never die. Why are you saying he will die? What Messiah are you talking about?”

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  1. John 12:32 on the cross, implied.

32 And I, when I am lifted up[a] from the earth,(A) will draw all people to myself.”(B) 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.(C)

34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law(D) that the Messiah will remain forever,(E) so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man(F) must be lifted up’?(G) Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

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  1. John 12:32 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.