Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
A Conservative Version
Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
American Standard Version
For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For I did not speak from myself [i.e., on my own authority], but the Father Himself, who sent me, has ordered me what to say and speak.
Anderson New Testament
For I have not spoken of myself: but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.
Bible in Basic English
For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.
Common New Testament
For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what to say and what to speak.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for I have not spoken for my self; but the father who sent me, he commission'd me, what I should teach, and what I should speak.
Darby Translation
For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;
Godbey New Testament
Because I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father Himself having sent me, gave me commandment, what I shall speak, and what I shall say.
Goodspeed New Testament
for I have not spoken on my account, but the Father who has sent me has himself given me orders what to tell and what to say.
John Wesley New Testament
For I have not spoken of myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and how I should speak.
Julia Smith Translation
For I spake not of myself; but the Father having sent me, he gave me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak.
King James 2000
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak.
Modern King James verseion
For I have not spoken of Myself, but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
Moffatt New Testament
for I have not spoken of my own accord ??the Father who sent me, he it was who ordered me what to say and what to speak.
Montgomery New Testament
because I have never spoken on my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what words to speak.
NET Bible
For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.
New Heart English Bible
For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Noyes New Testament
Because I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me hath himself committed to me what I should say, and what I should speak;
Sawyer New Testament
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me gave me commandment what to say and what to speak;
The Emphasized Bible
Because, I, out of myself, spake not, but, the Father who sent me, hath, himself, given me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Farther who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.
Webster
For I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Weymouth New Testament
Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.
Williams New Testament
This is because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who has sent me has given me orders Himself what to say and what to tell.
World English Bible
For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Worrell New Testament
For I spake not from Myself; but the Father, Who sent Me, Himself hath given Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Worsley New Testament
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father, who sent me, gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
Youngs Literal Translation
because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
Themes
Christ » Opinions concerning » Oracle of God
Christ » Reproves » Revelation of
Jesus The Prophet » Declared his doctrine to be that of the father
Commandment » The commandments of the lord
Eternal life » What is eternal life
Jesus Christ » What jesus Christ speaks
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Declared his doctrine to be that of the father
Jesus Christ » History of » Verifies the prophecy of isaiah concerning the unbelieving jews
Obedience » Instances of » Jesus
Christ Oracle of God » Christ's revelation speaking as the oracle of God
Receiving » Those that do not receive jesus Christ
Rejection » Those that reject jesus Christ
Words of Christ » Promises concerning » Speaking as the oracle of God
Topics
Interlinear
Emautou
Tis
τίς
Tis
Usage: 344
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:49
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Final Public Appeal
48 The one who rejects me and doesn't receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I've spoken will judge him on the last day, 49 because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak. 50 And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."
Names
Cross References
John 3:11
Truly, I tell you emphatically, we know what we're talking about, and we testify about what we've seen. Yet you people do not accept our testimony.
John 5:30
I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me."
John 8:26
Jesus told them, "What have I been telling you all along? I have much to say about you and to condemn you for. But the one who sent me is truthful, and what I've heard from him I declare to the world."
John 14:10
You believe, don't you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I don't speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me and who carries out his work.
John 17:8
because the words that you gave me I passed on to them. They have received them and know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up a prophet like you from among their relatives, and I will place my words in his mouth so that he may expound everything that I have commanded to them.
John 3:32
He testifies about what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.
John 6:38-40
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
John 8:42
Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would've loved me, because I came from God and am here. I haven't come on my own accord, but he sent me.
John 14:31
But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."
John 15:15
I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.
Revelation 1:1
This is the revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger to his servant John,