understood: Luke 9:45, Luke 18:34, Luke 24:25, Luke 24:45
when: John 12:23, John 7:39, John 13:31-32, John 17:5; Mark 16:19; Acts 2:33, Acts 2:36, Acts 3:13; Hebrews 8:1, Hebrews 12:2
then: John 2:22, John 14:26, John 16:4; Luke 24:6-8
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John 12:16
John 12:16
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