John 12:48

John 12:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
• New International Version (NIV)There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

Context of John 12:48

46I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. 47If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”

John 12:48 word by word

ὁ ἀθετῶν ἐμὲ καὶ μὴ λαμβάνων τὰ ῥήματά μου ἔχει τὸν κρίνοντα αὐτόν· ὁ λόγος ὃν ἐλάλησα, ἐκεῖνος κρινεῖ αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He that rejectethἀθετέωatheteō · to rejectG114
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• receivethλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• notμήmē · notG3361
• wordsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• one that judgethκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I have spokenλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• the sameἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for John 12:48

• Deuteronomy 18:19I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.
• 1 Samuel 8:7The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
• 1 Samuel 10:19But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
• Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
• Mark 8:31Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• Mark 12:10Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• Luke 7:30However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
• Luke 9:22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
• Luke 10:16“The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
• Luke 17:25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
• Luke 20:17But Jesus looked straight at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
• Acts 3:23Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’
• Hebrews 2:3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
• Hebrews 10:29How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
• Hebrews 12:25Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

Commentaries on John 12:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48The word that I have spoken - shall judge him - Ye shall be judged according to my doctrine: the maxims which ye have heard from my mouth shall be those on which ye shall be tried in the great day; and ye shall be condemned or acquitted according as ye have believed or obeyed them, or according as ye have despised and violated them, See this proved, Matthew 25:35; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48He that rejecteth me - Luke 10:16. The word “reject” means to despise, or to refuse to receive him. Hath one - That is, he needs not my voice to condemn him. He will carry his own condemnation with him, even should I be silent. His own conscience will condemn him. The words which I have spoken will be remembered and will condemn him, if there were nothing further. From this we learn: 1.that a guilty conscience needs no accuser. 2.that the words of Christ…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. 44-50Jesus makes a final appeal for faith in him. These verses summarize chapters 1–12. The Father sent Jesus, who is the only source of his ministry. Jesus is the light shining in darkness to bring salvation and eternal life to all who believe in him.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

Topics related to John 12:48

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• Judgment
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• Unbelief
• Word of God
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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