John 12:20

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
- King James Version

Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast;
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
- American Standard Version (1901)

Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:
- Basic English Bible

And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;
- Darby Bible

And there were certain Greeks among them, that came to worship at the feast.
- Webster's Bible

Now some of those who used to come up to worship at the Festival were Greeks.
- Weymouth Bible

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
- World English Bible

And there weren summe hethene men, of hem that hadden come vp to worschipe in the feeste dai.
- Wycliffe Bible

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 12:20

12:20 Certain Greeks - A prelude of the Gentile Church. That these were circumcised does not appear. But they came up on purpose to worship the God of Israel.

People's Bible Notes for John 12:20

Joh 12:20 And there were certain Greeks, etc. Among those who came to worship were Greeks, members of the Gentile division of the race which embraced all that were not Jews. These were not Jews who spoke the Grecian language and lived in Greek countries; those are called in the original Greek "Hellenistoi". We find the latter in the Jerusalem church in large numbers. See Ac 6:1. These who sought to visit Jesus were "Hellenes", a term only used of the Greek race. It is probable that they belonged to the large class of "devout Greeks", met elsewhere by Paul (Ac 17:4), who were sick of heathenism and were attracted by the grand Hebrew revelation of the unity of God. On this great national occasion they had accompanied Jews settled abroad as they returned to worship in the city of David.