John 12:50

John 12:50 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
• New International Version (NIV)I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”

Context of John 12:50

48But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken. 49I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it. And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”

John 12:50 word by word

καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν. ἃ οὖν ἐγὼ λαλῶ, καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτως λαλῶ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• commandmentὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• everlastingαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• whatsoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• saidἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779

Cross-references for John 12:50

• John 6:63The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
• John 17:3And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
• John 20:31But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.
• 1 Timothy 1:16But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.
• 1 John 2:25And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.
• 1 John 3:23And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
• 1 John 5:11And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Commentaries on John 12:50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 50I know that this commandment is life everlasting - These words of our Lord are similar to that saying in St. John's first epistle, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12. This is the record, that God hath given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life. God's commandment or commission is, Preach salvation to a lost world, and give thyself a ransom for all; and whosoever believeth on thee shall not perish, but have everlasting…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 50Is life everlasting - Is the cause or source of everlasting life. He that obeys the commandment of God shall obtain everlasting life; and this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his only-begotten Son, 1 John 3:22. We see here the reason of the earnestness and fidelity of the Lord Jesus. It was because he saw that eternal life depended on the faithful preaching of the message of God. He therefore proclaimed it in the face of all opposition…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

Topics related to John 12:50

• God
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• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Obedience

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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