John 12:49
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.
KJV
ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα, ἀλλ’ ὁ πέμψας με πατὴρ αὐτός μοι ἐντολὴν δέδωκεν τί εἴπω καὶ τί λαλήσω.
Greek NT
Quia ego ex meipso non sum locutus, sed qui misit me, Pater, ipse mihi mandatum dedit quid dicam et quid loquar.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
For I have not spoken of myself: but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say and what I should speak.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- δέδωκεν — SBLGNT
- δέδωκεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔδωκεν — Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Deut 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- Deut 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- Deut 31:30 — And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
- John 3:11 — Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
- John 3:11 — Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
- John 3:32 — And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
- John 5:19 — Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son li
- John 5:30 — I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
- John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- John 7:16 — Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
- John 7:28 — Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
- John 8:26 — I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
- John 8:28 — Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
- John 8:38 — I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
- John 8:42 — Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- John 8:42 — Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- John 14:10 — Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- John 14:10 — Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- John 14:31 — But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
- John 14:31 — But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
- John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- John 15:15 — Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
- John 16:13 — Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to co
- John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- John 17:7 — Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
- John 17:8 — For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- John 17:8 — For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- Prov 3:22 — So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
- Prov 7:2 — Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
- Rev 1:1 — The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
- Rev 1:1 — The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: