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AndκαὶI knowοἶδαthatὅτιhis commandmentἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦisἐστινeternalαἰώνιόςlife.ζωὴSoοὖνwhatἃIἐγὼspeak,λαλῶI speakλαλῶjust asκαθὼςthe Fatherὁ πατήρhas toldεἴρηκένme.”μοι
John 12:50
Study it in the app“And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.””
With the Greek beneath
John 12:50, word by word
- I knowοἶδαoida
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oida” appears- his commandmentἐντολὴentolē
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolē” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- eternalαἰώνιόςaiōnios
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnios” appears- lifeζωὴzōē
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōē” appears- speakλαλῶlalō
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalō” appears- the Fatherπατήρpatēr
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patēr” appears- has toldεἴρηκένeirēken
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eirēken” appears
The context
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.
50 · This verse (above)
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?