16. The followers of Jesus did not understand at that time what was happening. But after he was raised to glory, they understood that this was written about him. Then they remembered that they had done these things for him.
17. There were many people with Jesus when he raised Lazarus from death and told him to come out of the tomb. Now they were telling others about what Jesus did.
18. That’s why so many people went out to meet him—because they had heard about this miraculous sign he did.
19. So the Pharisees said to each other, “Look! Our plan is not working. The people are all following him!”
20. There were some Greeks there too. These were some of the people who went to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover festival.
21. They went to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, “Sir, we want to meet Jesus.”