John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:29
29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it , said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. Ver. 29. That it thundered; others said, An angel, &c. ] But the apostles and some few others understood that it was neither thunder nor an angel, but God that spake. Fuerunt praeter Apostolos etiam aliqui minus sinistri interpretes. (Calvin.) In like sort today God speaks by his word, but few hear him in it. The word of God (saith Forbes on Rev 14:1-20 ) hath three degrees... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 12:28
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying , I have both glorified it , and will glorify it again. Ver. 28. Then came there a voice from heaven ] God sometimes gives a sensible answer to the prayers of his people, as they are praying, or immediately after, as Daniel 9:21 ; Acts 4:31 . And Luther, praying for the good success of God’s cause in Germany, came leaping out of his study, with Vicimus, vicimus, we counquer, we conquer, in his mouth. read more