John 12:49
Because I spoke not from myself; but the Father who sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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John 3:11Verily, verily, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
John 5:30I can of myself do nothing. 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 8:26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I speak to the world.
John 14:10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself; but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works.
John 15:15No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you.
Revelation 1:1THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants what things must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John;
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 →