Note 10 at Jn. 12:32: This verse has been spiritualized to say that as we lift up Jesus through our lives, He will draw all men unto Himself. Although that principle is true, this verse taken in context is talking about the type of death that Jesus would die (v. 33). The lifting up is speaking of being lifted up from the earth and suspended on a cross in crucifixion. The Jews understood that Jesus was speaking of death (v. 34).

This is a very clear reference to Jesus being crucified and reveals the extent to which Jesus knew His Father's will. In John 18:32, John says that the reason the Romans were involved in the death of Jesus was because of this prophecy about the method of His execution. Crucifixion was the Roman style of execution.