Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 12:32-33

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself. But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die." — John 12:32-33 (ASV)

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die.

There is no magnet like the death of Christ. He is able still to draw men to him because of the attractive force of his atoning sacrifice.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die.

Yet they did not understand it, even then, clear as it now appears to us that he spoke concerning his lifting up upon the cross.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die.

The Pharisees said, "The world is gone after him;" but Jesus says, "No, not while I am riding in state through the streets of Jerusalem; but when I am lifted up, and hung upon the cross, then it shall indeed be true, 'I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.'" The crucified Christ of Calvary is the mighty magnet that is to attract multitudes of trembling, doubting, ruined sinners, who by grace shall be drawn to Him, and find eternal life in Him.