the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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John 12:50
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And I know that whatever he says to do will bring eternal life. So the things I say are exactly what the Father told me to say."
And I knowe that this comaundement is lyfe everlastinge. Whatsoever I speake therfore eve as the father bade me so I speake.
I know that his mitzvah is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."
"And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
And I know that eternal life comes from what the Father commands. So whatever I say is what the Father told me to say."
And I know that his commandment is eternal life: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."
I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; what therefore I speak to you, as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.
And I know that His command is the Life of the Ages. What therefore I speak, I speak just as the Father has bidden me."
And Y woot, that his maundement is euerlastynge lijf; therfor tho thingis that Y speke, as the fadir seide to me, so Y speke.
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say."
"I know that His commandment is eternal life. So the things I speak, I speak [in accordance with His exact instruction,] just as the Father has told Me."
And I know that his commandment is life eternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.
And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
And I know that his command is eternal life. So what I say is simply what the Father has told me to say."
and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
And I know that his commandments are life everlasting: these therefore which I speak, as said to me my Father, so I speak.
And I know that his commandment is life eternal. Therefore, these things which I speak, as my Father hath said to me, so I speak.
And I know that his commandement is life euerlasting: whatsoeuer I speake therefore, euen as the Father said vnto me, so I speake.
And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say."
I know that His Word is life that lasts forever. I speak the things the Father has told Me to speak."
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."
And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; these things therefore which I speak, just as my Father told me, so I speak.
And I know that, his commandment, is, life age-abiding; The things, therefore, which I speak, just as the Father hath told me, so, I speak.
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me."
And I knowe that his commaundement is lyfe euerlastyng. Whatsoeuer I speake therfore, euen as the father bad me, so I speake.
And I know that his command brings eternal life. What I say, then, is what the Father has told me to say."
I know that his command is eternal life.
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So the things that I say, just as the Father said to me, thus I say."
And I know that His command is everlasting life. Then what things I speak, as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.
and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'
And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlastinge. Therfore loke what I speake, that speake I eue so, as the father hath sayde vnto me.
and I know that it is a commission of eternal life: whatever therefore I say, I deliver just as the father directed me.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."
And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak."
His message is right and guarantees eternal life. I say whatever he tells me to say and that is all."
"I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
his: John 6:63, John 6:68, John 17:3, John 20:31, 1 Timothy 1:16, 1 John 2:25, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 3:24, 1 John 5:11-13, 1 John 5:20
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 18:18 - he shall Proverbs 3:22 - life Proverbs 4:4 - keep Proverbs 7:2 - Keep Ecclesiastes 7:12 - the excellency John 5:32 - and I John 6:40 - and believeth John 7:16 - My John 8:28 - and that John 8:38 - speak John 17:7 - are Acts 5:20 - all Acts 11:14 - words
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting,.... By "his commandment" is not meant the law; that indeed is often styled the commandment; and it is the commandment of God; and many excellent things are said of it; and among the rest it is called "life", Deuteronomy 30:15, but not everlasting life: it only promised a continuation of natural life to man, on condition of obedience to it; more than this it did not promise to Adam, in innocence; and what it promised to the obedient Israelites, was only a prolongation of natural life in the land which God gave unto them: but it neither promises, nor gives spiritual life to the fallen sons of Adam; it leaves men as it finds them, dead in trespasses and sins; and cannot communicate either a life of sanctification, or of justification to them; nor does it so much as give them any hopes of life, or show where it is to be had; nor is everlasting life to be obtained by the works of it: justification is not by the works of the law; nor salvation by works of righteousness done by men; and consequently eternal life is never to be attained unto by obedience to the commands of the law: it is so far from being in this sense life everlasting, that it is the ministration of condemnation and death. But the Gospel is here meant, and is called a commandment; not that it has the nature of a law, or consists of precepts, as the law does; but because it is by the commandment of the everlasting God published by Christ, and his apostles. Christ, as appears from the preceding verse, had a commandment from his Father, what he should say and speak; now, not the doctrine he delivered was the commandment itself, but it was a commandment of the Father that he should deliver that doctrine; besides, the word "commandment" sometimes signifies no other than a doctrine, as in Psalms 19:8; and the sense is, that the doctrine of the Gospel, which Christ had in commission from the Father to preach, is life everlasting; and is so called, because it is a means of quickening sinners with a spiritual life, which issues in an eternal one; it is the savour of life unto life, and the Spirit which giveth life, and is the ministration of it; and it is a means of implanting the graces of the Spirit of God in the heart, which sprung up unto everlasting life; and of bringing souls to the knowledge of Christ, which is the beginning, pledge, and earnest of eternal life: and besides all this, it gives an account of the nature of eternal life; it directs the way unto it, which is by Christ, and describes the persons who shall enjoy it; showing, that their title to it is the righteousness of Christ, and their meetness for it the regenerating grace of the Spirit; and that all that believe in Christ shall have it:
whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me so I speak; and no otherwise, and therefore ought to be received, and not rejected. This is to be understood not of what Christ spoke in common conversation, but in the ministry of the word, even of the doctrines of the Gospel, which were given him by his Father, and which he knew were agreeable to his mind and will, and to his council and covenant, and to everything done and agreed therein, to which he was privy: these he delivered as he received them, and both as to matter and manner, as it was his Father's will and pleasure he should: he preached the righteousness of God, and hid it not; he declared his faithfulness, and his salvation, and concealed not his lovingkindness and truth, Psalms 40:9. Now, though it is a sufficient ground of faith to receive and believe the doctrines of the Gospel, because Christ has spoken them, who is truth itself; yet it is a further confirmation of them, that they are what his Father, the God of truth, said unto him: and his delivering them as he had them from him, is an instance of his faithfulness to him that sent him; and should be imitated by his ministers, who ought to declare the whole counsel of God, and keep back nothing they have received from Christ, and which may be profitable to the souls of men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Is life everlasting - Is the cause or source of everlasting life. He that obeys the commandment of God shall obtain everlasting life; and this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his only-begotten Son, 1 John 3:22. We see here the reason of the earnestness and fidelity of the Lord Jesus. It was because he saw that eternal life depended on the faithful preaching of the message of God. He therefore proclaimed it in the face of all opposition, contempt, and persecution. And we see also:
- That every minister of religion should have a deep and abiding conviction that he delivers a message that is to be connected with the eternal welfare of his hearers. And,
- Under the influence of this belief, he should fearlessly deliver his message in the face of bonds, poverty, contempt, persecution, and death.
It may not be improper to remark here that this is the close of the public preaching of Christ. The rest of his ministry was employed in the private instruction of his apostles, and in preparing them for his approaching death. It is such a close as all his ministers should desire to make a solemn, deliberate, firm exhibition of the truth of God, under a belief that on it was depending the eternal salvation of his hearers, and uttering without fear the solemn message of the Most High to a lost world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 12:50. I know that this commandment is life everlasting — These words of our Lord are similar to that saying in St. John's first epistle, 1 John 5:11-12. This is the record, that God hath given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life. God's commandment or commission is, Preach salvation to a lost world, and give thyself a ransom for all; and whosoever believeth on thee shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Every word of Christ, properly credited, and carefully applied, leads to peace and happiness here, and to glory hereafter. What an amiable view of the Gospel of the grace of God does this give us? It is a system of eternal life, Divinely calculated to answer every important purpose to dying, miserable man. This sacred truth Jesus witnessed with his last breath. He began his public ministry proclaiming the kingdom of God; and he now finishes it by asserting that the whole commission is eternal life; and, having attested this, he went out of the temple, and retired to Bethany.
THE public work of our Lord was now done; and the remnant of his time, previously to his crucifixion, he spent in teaching his disciples-instructing them in the nature of his kingdom, his intercession, and the mission of the Holy Spirit; and in that heavenly life which all true believers live with the Father, through faith in the Son, by the operation of the Holy Ghost.
Many persons are liberal in their condemnation of the Jews, because they did not believe on the Son of God; and doubtless their unbelief has merited and received the most signal punishment. But those who condemn them do not reflect that they are probably committing the same sort of transgression, in circumstances which heighten the iniquity of their sin. Will it avail any man, that he has believed that Christ has come in the flesh to destroy the works of the devil, who does not come unto him that he may have life, but continues to live under the power and guilt of sin? Paradoxical as it may seem, it is nevertheless possible, for a man to credit the four evangelists, and yet live and die an infidel, as far as his own salvation is concerned. Reader, it is possible to hold the truth in unrighteousness. Pray to God that this may not be thy condemnation. For a farther improvement of the principal subjects of this chapter, see the notes on verses John 12:24, John 12:32, and John 12:39. John 12:24; John 12:32; John 12:39
