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Whoeverὁrejectsἀθετῶνmeἐμὲandκαὶdoes notμὴreceiveλαμβάνωνmy wordsτὰ ῥήματά μουhasἔχειa judge:τὸν κρίνονταthe wordὁ λόγοςthatὃνI have spoken,ἐλάλησαthatἐκεῖνοςwill judgeκρινεῖhimαὐτὸνonἐνthe lastτῇ ἐσχάτῃday.ἡμέρᾳ
John 12:48
Study it in the app“Whoever rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge: the word that I have spoken, that will judge him on the last day.”
With the Greek beneath
John 12:48, word by word
- rejectsἀθετῶνathetōn
reject
To treat someone as worthless and pay him no heed.
Where else “athetōn” appears- receiveλαμβάνωνlambanōn
receive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “lambanōn” appears- my wordsῥήματάrhēmata
word
What comes out of someone's mouth: a saying, a sentence, a message.
Where else “rhēmata” appears- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- a judgeκρίνονταkrinonta
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinonta” appears- the wordλόγοςlogos
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logos” appears- I have spokenἐλάλησαelalēsa
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elalēsa” appears- the lastἐσχάτῃeschatēi
last in time
Last in time: "the last day".
Where else “eschatēi” appears- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appears
The context
47And if anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
48 · This verse (above)
49For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment what to say and what to speak.
To study John 12 in a group
1. What it says
What does Mary do with the perfume at the dinner in Bethany, and what does Judas object? How does Jesus answer? (vv. 3-8)
2. What it means
Jesus says a grain of wheat, if it dies, bears much fruit (v. 24). What connection does he see between losing one's life and serving him? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Mary gave the best she had to Jesus (v. 3). What is the best you have, and how could you offer it with love today?