Giovanni 8:50

50 Ma io non cerco la mia gloria; v’è Uno che la cerca e che 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 I Giudei risposero e gli dissero: Non diciam noi bene che sei un Samaritano e che hai un demonio?

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

50 Ma io non cerco la mia gloria; v’è Uno che la cerca e che giudica.

51 In verità, in verità vi dico che se uno osserva la mia parola, non vedrà mai la morte.

52 I Giudei gli dissero: Or vediam bene che tu hai un demonio. Abramo e i profeti son morti, e tu dici: Se uno osserva la mia parola, non gusterà mai la morte.