Week 12 of 21 · John 12 · Thursday February 4
The Hour Has Come
The hour has come for the Son to be glorified, and His glory is the cross: a grain of wheat that dies to bear much fruit. Mary’s extravagant love, the crowd’s hosannas and the Greeks’ request all point to Him, yet many will not believe. He came not to judge the world but to save it.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”John 12:24
MondayRead John 12 twice and mark itMon Feb 1
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Feb 2
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Feb 3
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Feb 4
Season 4, Episode 8 · “Humble”Mary anoints Jesus at Bethany; Judas objects (12:1–8).
Season 5, Episode 1 · “Entry”The triumphal entry and “the hour has come” (12:12–36).
Read it against John 12
- The Greeks who ask to see Jesus (12:20–22) are made Gentiles from the Decapolis whom the show introduced in Season 3. Scripture says only “some Greeks.”
- John 12:6 says Judas was a thief who kept the money box. Note how the show portrays his motives across Seasons 4 and 5.
- John’s closing words on unbelief (12:37–50) are not dramatized.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.