John 12:50

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, the things that I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so also do I speak.”

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In The King James Version

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

In Context

49For I am not speaking from myself, but from the Father who sent me. He gave a commandment to me as to what I should say and how I should speak.

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Cross References

John 6:68Therefore, Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

John 20:31But these things have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, in believing, you may have life in his name.

1 John 2:25And this is the Promise, which he himself has promised to us: Eternal Life.

1 John 5:11And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.

Matthew Henry on John 12:45-50

Christ's Last Discourse with the Jews. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the… Read the whole commentary →

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