John 12:49

John 12:49 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
• New International Version (NIV)For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it.

Context of John 12:49

47If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

John 12:49 word by word

ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ, αὐτός μοι ἐντολὴν δέδωκεν τί εἴπω καὶ τί λαλήσω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• haveλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• myselfἐμαυτοῦemautou emautō emauton · myselfG1683
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• which sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• gaveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• a commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• I should sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for John 12:49

• John 3:11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
• John 5:30"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
• John 8:26I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."
• John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
• John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
• John 17:8For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
• Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
• Revelation 1:1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Commentaries on John 12:49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 49For I have not spoken of myself - I have not spoken for my secular interest: I have not aimed at making any gain of you: I have not set up myself as your teachers in general do, to be supported by my disciples, and to be credited on my own testimony. I have taught you, not the things of men, but the deep, everlasting truths of God. As his envoy, I came to you; and his truth only I proclaim. Gave me a commandment - Or, commission. So I understand the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 49Of myself - John 7:16-18.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 44-50Verses 44-50 Our Lord publicly proclaimed, that every one who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent him. Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father, we learn to obey, love, and trust in him. By daily looking to Him, who came a Light into the world, we are more and more freed from the darkness of ignorance, error, sin, and misery; we learn that the command of God our Saviour is everlasting life. But…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-50The greatest error is for people to see the light and reject it, thinking it has no connection with the Father who sent the light.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44-5044-50. Jesus cried--in a loud tone, and with peculiar solemnity. (Compare Joh 7:37). and said, He that believeth on me, &c.--This seems to be a supplementary record of some weighty proclamations, for which there had been found no natural place before, and introduced here as a sort of summary and winding up of His whole testimony.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings