Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
John 12:41 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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Fulfilled hereIsaiah 6:1-3
The throne vision of Isaiah 6 was a vision of Christ, which is why the seraphim's song is His.
“In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.”
In parallel withJohn 12:38
John sets the quotation from Isaiah 53:1 right beside the comment, tying the throne to the suffering servant.
“that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
That reaches back to this verse
Fulfilled here (this verse)Isaiah 6:3
John says Isaiah saw His glory, so the throne and the song belong to Christ.
“One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.”