John 12:44-50

Jesus’ Final Public Words

12:44 But Jesus shouted out, ¹  “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, ²  12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. ³  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 ⁴  hears my words and does not obey them, ⁵  I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁶  12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept ⁷  my words has a judge; ⁸  the word ⁹  I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, ¹⁰  but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me ¹¹  what I should say and what I should speak. 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. ¹²  Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.” ¹³ 

[12:44]  ¹ tn Grk “shouted out and said.”

[12:44]  ² sn The one who sent me refers to God.

[12:45]  ³ sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.

[12:47]  ⁴ tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

[12:47]  ⁵ tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”

[12:47]  ⁶ sn Cf. John 3:17.

[12:48]  ⁷ tn Or “does not receive.”

[12:48]  ⁸ tn Grk “has one who judges him.”

[12:48]  ⁹ tn Or “message.”

[12:49]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “I have not spoken from myself.”

[12:49]  ¹¹ tn Grk “has given me commandment.”

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

[12:50]  ¹³ tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”