John 12:49 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• John 12:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Of myself - John 7:16-18 .

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• John 12:49 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Final Summary of Jesus-' Public Teaching. This summing up of what was most important in the teaching of Jesus throws interesting light on the author's method of recording the speeches. Belief in Je...

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• John 12:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  I have not spoken of Myself : i.e. from Myself. The Lord's constant claim was that His very words were what the Father had given Him to speak. Compare John 3:34 ; John 7:16-18 ; John 8:28 ; John...

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• John 12:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  49. For I do not speak from myself. That the outward appearance of man may not lessen the majesty of God, Christ frequently sends us to the Father. This is the reason why he so often mention...

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• John 12:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. For I have not spoken of myself - I have not spoken for my secular...

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• John 12:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. For I have not spoken [`spake not' elaleesa ( G2980...

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• John 12:49 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Triumphal Entry. Close of the Public Ministry 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3 , which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36 . is different. The suppe...

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• John 12:49 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For I have not spoken of myself. — Comp. John 5:30 ; John 7:16-17 ; John 7:28-29 ; John 8:26 ; John 8:28 ; John 8:38 . The word “for” connects this by way of reason with the condemnatory powe...

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• John 12:49 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  V. RESULTS OF CHRIST'S MANIFESTATION. "But though He had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on Him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lo...

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• John 12:49 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Commandment of the Father John 12:42-50 The fear of being cast out of the synagogue was a very real one, John 9:22 ; and the yoke laid on Israel by the Pharisees was a very crushing one. O...

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• John 12:49 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows o...

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• John 12:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? (35) Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a...

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• John 12:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For I have not spoken of myself ,.... As man, or as separate from his Father; his doctrine was not human, but divine, and therefore a rejection of it cannot escape notice at the future judgment: b...

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• John 12:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 49. For I have not spoken of myself ] The divine authorit...

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• John 12:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jesus On some occasion or other, soon after this, in order to strengthen the faith of those timid and diffident disciples (if such they could be called) last mentioned, and to inspire them with cou...

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• John 12:49 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us ( Luke 19:1-28 ). These days He spent in ministe...

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• John 12:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  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...

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• John 12:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I do not speak what I say to you as mere man, or any thing but what is my Father's will, and mine only as one with him, and as sent by him; I have said nothing but what my Father hath willed me to re...

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• John 12:49 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  A Final Summary of His Teaching ( John 12:44-50 ). John is now concerned that the last that we hear of Jesus before the hours leading up to His crucifixion will be the essence of His message, a me...

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• John 12:49 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 12:37-43 . The Evangelist’s statement of the causes of Jewish unbelief, and of the timidity of many who believed, which prevented them confessing Christ. Joh...

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• John 12:49 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Our Lord had gained a sudden popularity through raising Lazarus from the dead, and the people had attended him with great enthusiasm as he rode through the streets of Jerusalem. For the time, things...

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• John 12:49 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 12:1 . Six days before the passover. The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day...

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• John 12:49 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But though He had done so many miracles … yet they believed not on Him Our Lord’s ministry I. ITS DETAILS. 1. The doctrines He taught ( John 12:44-50 ). These words are an abridged statement...

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• John 12:49 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospe...

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• John 12:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of Faith in Christ and God. John 12:42-50

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• John 12:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 18:18 ; John 14:10 ; John 15:15 ; John 17:8 ; John 3:11 ; John 3:32 ; John 5:30 ; John 6:38-40 ; John 8:26 ; John 8:42 ; Revelation 1:1

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