John 12:49 “I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded…”

John 12:49

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

World English Bible

For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.

American Standard Version

For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commandement what I should say, and what I should speake.

Darby Translation

For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;

Young's Literal Translation

because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

Bible in Basic English

For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

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Cross references

“For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.”

John 14:10 John 5:30 John 8:26 John 17:8 Deuteronomy 18:18 John 15:15

John 14:10 · BSB

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

John 5:30 · BSB

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 8:26 · BSB

“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

John 17:8 · BSB

For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

Deuteronomy 18:18 · BSB

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

John 15:15 · BSB

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Also

John 14:31

John 14:31 · BSB

But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

50And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

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