John 12:49

49 The things I taught were not from myself. The Father who sent me told me what to say and what to teach.

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 "Anyone who hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge, because I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 There is a judge for those who refuse to believe in me and do not accept my words. The word I have taught will be their judge on the last day.

49 The things I taught were not from myself. The Father who sent me told me what to say and what to teach.

50 And I know that eternal life comes from what the Father commands. So whatever I say is what the Father told me to say."