John 12:50

and I have known that His command is continuous life; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father has said to Me, so 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

49because I did not speak from Myself, but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

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Cross References

John 6:68Simon Peter, therefore, answered Him, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have sayings of continuous life;

John 20:31and these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His Name.

1 John 2:25and this is the promise that He promised us—the continuous life.

1 John 5:11and this is the testimony, that God gave continuous life to us, 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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