49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.


In Context

46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

47 If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

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

50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.|

John 12:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49For 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I spake not from myself; but the Father which sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49For I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49because 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For 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.