1. Jesus answered them...Andrew and Phillip, not the gentiles as you have said. Based on the faulty context, you will arrive at faulty conclusions.
2. Jesus was telling them (Jews) of His eternal plan, to graft gentiles in as they felt the need to censor the gentiles that wanted access to Christ.
3. His comment was in regards to drawing all men, both Jew and gentile.
See how simple this all is
This is the only post I can find where you make the arument you do in point #1. I see no following posts where you claim you agree with my response to your point #1. If it is on the forum it does not come up on my screen.
Instead of agreeing with me in may assessment of verses 22-23 in response to your point #1 note your own words at the end of point #1 and I quote:
"not the gentiles as you have said. Based on the faulty context, you will arrive at faulty conclusions."
That does not sound like agreement to me! I never said that Jesus made a direct response to the Greek but that the discourse from verses 24-33 are in response to the Greeks seeking Christ. I still maintain that and therefore I did not base anything upon a faulty context nor were my conclusions "faulty conclusions" as even you admit you agree with those conclusions.
The problem is that you did not carefully read what I said in the first place. Perhaps an honest oversight on your part as I have been guilty of the same at times. But here is what I said:
1. This conversation was introduced by some Gireeks/Gentiles seeking to follow Christ - vv. 19-22.
2. Verses 23-33 is Christ response to Gentiles seeking him and how his death related to that request.
I did not say Jesus was addressing the Greeks but his conversation was "introduced by some Greeks/Gentiles seeking to follow Christ" and His "response to Gentiles seeking him and how his death related to THAT REQUEST."
I can see how you could take my second statement and presume I am saying the Greeks are being directly addressed by Christ. However, even if I had said that or mistakenly meant that (and I did not) it would not change my conclusions one single bit. If you think it would then please explain how that would affect any conclusions I drew???