John 12:49

49 I don't speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me regarding what I should speak and say.

John 12:49 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:49

For I have not spoken of myself
As man, or as separate from his Father; his doctrine was not human, but divine, and therefore a rejection of it cannot escape notice at the future judgment:

but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should
say, and what I should speak;
Christ, as man, had his mission, and commission, and his instructions from his Father to preach the Gospel unto men; he was anointed for it by the Holy Ghost; he was enjoined the preaching of it by his Father, and the several doctrines he published were delivered him by him; see ( John 8:28 ) ( 17:8 ) .

John 12:49 In-Context

47 If people hear my words and don't keep them, I don't judge them. I didn't come to judge the world but to save it.

48 Whoever rejects me and doesn't receive my words will be judged at the last day by the word I have spoken.

49 I don't speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me regarding what I should speak and say.

50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, whatever I say is just as the Father has said to me."