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John 12:49

For I of myself have not spoken, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

48He who rejecteth me, and receiveth not my word, hath that which judgeth him: the word which I speak, that judgeth him in the last day.

50And I know that his commandments are life everlasting: these therefore which I speak, as said to me my Father, so I speak.

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Cross References

John 3:11Amen, amen, I say to thee, What we know we speak, and what we have seen we testify; but our testimony you receive not.

John 5:30I CANNOT of the will of myself do any thing; but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just; for I seek not my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

John 8:26Much have I against you to say and to judge: but he who hath sent me is true; and those (things) which I have heard from him these speak I in the world.

John 14:10Believest thou not that I am in my Father and my Father in me? And these words that I speak, I speak not from myself, but my Father who dwelleth in me, he doeth these works.

John 15:15No more I call you servants, for the servant knoweth not what doeth his Lord; but my friends have I called you; wherefore all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.

Revelation 1:1THE Revelation of Jeshu Meshiha, which Aloha gave unto him, to show unto his servants the things which must be done speedily; and which he made known, sending by his angel unto his servant Juhanon,

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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