John 12:49

because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me, He gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

48The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken, that is what will judge him on the last day;

50And I know that His command is eternal life. So whatever I say, I say it just like the Father told me.”

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Cross References

John 3:11Most assuredly I say to you, we speak what we know and testify to what we have seen, but you (pl) do not receive our testimony.

John 5:30I am not able to do anything from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judging is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me.

John 8:26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but He who sent me is true, and what I myself have heard from Him—these things I say to the world.”

John 14:10Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own; rather it is the Father who dwells in me who does the works.

John 15:15“I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his owner is doing; rather I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I heard from my Father.

Revelation 1:1Jesus Christ's revelation, which God gave Him to show to His slaves —things that must occur shortly. And He communicated it, sending it by His angel to His slave 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 →

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