John 12:16 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

His disciples didn't get what was happening at first. But after Jesus was glorified, it all clicked — they remembered that everything written about him in scripture was actually happening, and they had been part of making it all come true.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes you don't understand God's plan until you can look back and see how perfectly it all fit together.

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