John 12:49

49 I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me told me what I should say and how I should say it.

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 anyone hears my words and doesn't follow them, I don't condemn them. I didn't come to condemn the world but to save the world.

48 Those who reject me by not accepting what I say have a judge appointed for them. The words that I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

49 I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me told me what I should say and how I should say it.

50 I know that what he commands is eternal life. Whatever I say is what the Father told me to say."