Johannes 8:50

50 Doch Ik zoek Mijn eer niet; er is Een, Die ze zoekt en oordeelt.

Johannes 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.

Johannes 8:50 In-Context

48 De Joden dan antwoordden en zeiden tot Hem: Zeggen wij niet wel, dat Gij een Samaritaan zijt, en den duivel hebt?

49 Jezus antwoordde: Ik heb den duivel niet; maar Ik eer Mijn Vader, en gij onteert Mij.

50 Doch Ik zoek Mijn eer niet; er is Een, Die ze zoekt en oordeelt.

51 Voorwaar, voorwaar zeg Ik u: Zo iemand Mijn woord zal bewaard hebben, die zal den dood niet zien in der eeuwigheid.

52 De Joden dan zeiden tot Hem: Nu bekennen wij, dat Gij den duivel hebt. Abraham is gestorven, en de profeten; en zegt Gij: Zo iemand Mijn woord bewaard zal hebben, die zal den dood niet smaken in der eeuwigheid?