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ForὅτιIἐγὼhave notοὐκspokenἐλάλησαonἐξmy own,ἐμαυτοῦbutἀλλ’the Fatherπατὴρwhoὁsentπέμψαςmeμεhas himselfαὐτόςgivenδέδωκενmeμοιa commandmentἐντολὴνwhatτίto sayεἴπωandκαὶwhatτίto speak.λαλήσω
John 12:49
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Greek beneath
John 12:49, word by word
- spokenἐλάλησαelalēsa
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elalēsa” appears- my ownἐμαυτοῦemautou
myself
Myself.
Where else “emautou” appears- the Fatherπατὴρpatēr
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patēr” appears- sentπέμψαςpempsas
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsas” appears- givenδέδωκενdedōken
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dedōken” appears- a commandmentἐντολὴνentolēn
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēn” appears- to sayεἴπωeipō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipō” appears
The context
48Whoever 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.
49 · This verse (above)
50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
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?