Discovery BoxJohn 12:44-50 
Context12:44 But Jesus shouted out, 1 “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, 2 12:45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. 3 12:46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. 12:47 If anyone 4 hears my words and does not obey them, 5 I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 6 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept 7 my words has a judge; 8 the word 9 I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 12:49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, 10 but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me 11 what I should say and what I should speak. 12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. 12 Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.” 13
1 tn Grk “shouted out and said.”
2 sn The one who sent me refers to God.
3 sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.
4 tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.
5 tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”
7 tn Or “does not receive.”
8 tn Grk “has one who judges him.”
9 tn Or “message.”
10 tn Grk “I have not spoken from myself.”
11 tn Grk “has given me commandment.”
12 tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”
13 tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”
