In this passage the crowds DECLARE Jesus as Saviour, Lord, and King but they don't understand what they are declaring. Instead it is the Greeks who actually SEEK to see the real Jesus and know Him as He is. Through this seeking Jesus tells them the hard TRUTH: He is all the crowd said and so much more but that means dying on a Roman cross and rising to new life. Even harder--we too much die to sin, self, and the world and rise to new life if we are to know peace and joy eternal. This truth leads to a simple CHOICE: will you believe in the Light or be lost in darkness?
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