LIFTING UP the SON of MAN

LIFTING UP the SON of MAN

The coming of the Greeks to see Jesus meant that the ‘hour for the Son of Man to be glorified’ had finally arrived. Jesus is clear that the way to glory lies only through his self-sacrificial death. No one can face imminent death without some pause. Jesus may have been the Son of God, but he was also incarnate fully as a human being, and here John gives a brief insight into Jesus’ human emotions: ‘now is my soul troubled’ (12:27)…