Text -- John 12:43-50 (NET)

12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

Jesus’ Final Public Words

12:44 But Jesus shouted out, “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, 12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. 12:46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. 12:47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 12:43

¹ tn Grk “the glory.”

² tn Grk “the glory.”

NET Notes: Joh 12:44

¹ tn Grk “shouted out and said.”

² sn The one who sent me refers to God.

NET Notes: Joh 12:45

¹ sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.

NET Notes: Joh 12:47

¹ tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

² tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”

³ sn Cf. John 3:17.

NET Notes: Joh 12:48

¹ tn Or “does not receive.”

² tn Grk “has one who judges him.”

³ tn Or “message.”

NET Notes: Joh 12:49

¹ tn Grk “I have not spoken from myself.”

² tn Grk “has given me commandment.”

NET Notes: Joh 12:50

¹ tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”

² tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”