John 12:44–50

Jesus’ Final Public Words

12:44 But Jesus shouted out,96 “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,97 12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.98 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 anyone99 hears my words and does not obey them,100 I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.101 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept102 my words has a judge;103 the word104 I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority,105 but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me106 what I should say and what I should speak. 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life.107 Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”108

96	tn Grk “shouted out and said.”
97	sn The one who sent me refers to God.
98	sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.
99	tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.
100	tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”
101	sn Cf. John 3:17.
102	tn Or “does not receive.”
103	tn Grk “has one who judges him.”
104	tn Or “message.”
105	tn Grk “I have not spoken from myself.”
106	tn Grk “has given me commandment.”
107	tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”
108	tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”