Giovanni 8:50

50 Or io non cerco la mia gloria; v’è chi la cerca, e ne giudica.

Giovanni 8:50 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:50

I seek not mine own glory
In his doctrine, or in his miracles; which showed that he was no impostor, but a true, faithful, and upright person; and though he was so very much reproached and abused, he was not over solicitous of his own character, and of retrieving his honour, and of securing glory from man; he knew that Wisdom was justified of her children, and he committed himself to God that judgeth righteously, who would take care of his glory, and vindicate him from all the unjust charges and insults of men:

there is one that seeketh and judgeth;
meaning God his Father, who had his glory at heart; who had glorified him on the mount, and would glorify him again, when he should raise him from the dead, and spread his Gospel in all the world; and when he would judge the nation of the Jews, and bring wrath upon them, upon their nation, city and temple, for their contempt and rejection of him.

Giovanni 8:50 In-Context

48 Laonde i Giudei risposero, e gli dissero: Non diciamo noi bene che tu sei Samaritano, e che hai il demonio?

49 Gesù rispose: Io non ho demonio, ma onoro il Padre mio, e voi mi disonorate.

50 Or io non cerco la mia gloria; v’è chi la cerca, e ne giudica.

51 In verità, in verità, io vi dico che se alcuno guarda la mia parola, non vedrà giammai in eterno la morte.

52 Laonde i Giudei gli dissero: Ora conosciamo che tu hai il demonio. Abrahamo, ed i profeti son morti; e tu dici: Se alcuno guarda la mia parola, egli non gusterà giammai in eterno la morte.