John 12:49

For I'm not speaking for myself but for my Father who sent me. He is the one who instructed me what to say and how to say it.

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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

48Anyone who rejects me and does not accept my words will be judged at the end-time judgment in accordance with what I have said.

50I know that what he told me to say brings eternal life—so whatever I say is what the Father told me.”

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Cross References

John 3:11“I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know and give evidence regarding what we have seen, but you refuse to accept our testimony.

John 5:30I can do nothing by myself. I judge based on what I'm told, and my decision is right, for I'm not doing my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

John 8:26“There's much I could say about you, and much I could condemn. But the one who sent me tells the truth, and what I'm saying to you here in this world is what I heard from him.”

John 14:10Don't you believe that I live in the Father and the Father lives in me? The words I speak are not mine; it's the Father living in me who is doing his work.

John 15:15I don't call you servants any longer, for servants are not taken into their master's confidence. I call you friends, for everything my Father told me I've explained to you.

Revelation 1:1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what will happen soon. He sent his angel to reveal it 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 →

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