John 12:50

I know that his command is eternal life, so that is what I say—just as the Father has spoken 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

49For I did not speak for myself, but it is the Father who sent me, who has given me the command about what to say and what to speak.

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Cross References

John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life,

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

1 John 2:25This is the promise he gave to us—eternal life.

1 John 5:11And the witness is this: God gave 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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