Johannes 12:49

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Ty jag har icke talat av mig själv, utan Fadern, som har sänt mig, han har bjudit mig vad jag skall säga, och vad jag skall tala.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 3:11, John 3:32, John 5:30, John 6:38-40, John 8:26, John 8:42, John 14:10, John 15:15, John 17:8, Deuteronomy 18:18, Revelation 1:1

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:30 - General Proverbs 3:22 - life Proverbs 7:2 - Keep John 5:19 - The Son John 6:63 - the words John 7:16 - My John 7:28 - and I John 8:28 - and that John 8:38 - speak John 15:10 - even John 16:13 - for John 17:3 - and Jesus John 17:7 - are

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I have not spoken of myself,.... As man, or as separate from his Father; his doctrine was not human, but divine, and therefore a rejection of it cannot escape notice at the future judgment:

but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak; Christ, as man, had his mission, and commission, and his instructions from his Father to preach the Gospel unto men; he was anointed for it by the Holy Ghost; he was enjoined the preaching of it by his Father, and the several doctrines he published were delivered him by him; see John 8:28.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of myself - John 7:16-18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 12:49. For I have not spoken of myself — I have not spoken for my secular interest: I have not aimed at making any gain of you: I have not set up myself as your teachers in general do, to be supported by my disciples, and to be credited on my own testimony. I have taught you, not the things of men, but the deep, everlasting truths of God. As his envoy, I came to you; and his truth only I proclaim.

Gave me a commandment — Or, commission. So I understand the original word, εντολη. Christ, as the Messiah, received his commission from God; what he should command-every thing that related to the formation and establishment of the Christian institution: and what he should speak - all his private conversations with his disciples or others, he, as man, commanded and spoke through the constant inspiration of the Holy Spirit.