John 12:43-50

12:43 For they loved praise ¹  from men more than praise ²  from God.

Jesus’ Final Public Words

12:44 But Jesus shouted out, ³  “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, ⁴  12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. ⁵  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 ⁶  hears my words and does not obey them, ⁷  I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁸  12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept ⁹  my words has a judge; ¹⁰  the word ¹¹  I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, ¹²  but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me ¹³  what I should say and what I should speak. 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. ¹⁴  Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.” ¹⁵ 

[12:43]  ¹ tn Grk “the glory.”

[12:43]  ² tn Grk “the glory.”

[12:44]  ³ tn Grk “shouted out and said.”

[12:44]  ⁴ sn The one who sent me refers to God.

[12:45]  ⁵ sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.

[12:47]  ⁶ tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

[12:47]  ⁷ tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”

[12:47]  ⁸ sn Cf. John 3:17.

[12:48]  ⁹ tn Or “does not receive.”

[12:48]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “has one who judges him.”

[12:48]  ¹¹ tn Or “message.”

[12:49]  ¹² tn Grk “I have not spoken from myself.”

[12:49]  ¹³ tn Grk “has given me commandment.”

[12:50]  ¹⁴ tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”

[12:50]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”