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UYohane 12:49
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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.
