Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So [the things] that I say, just as the Father said to me, thus I say."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."
A Conservative Version
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore what things I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
American Standard Version
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And I know that [obeying] His commandments [leads to] never ending life. So, the things which I say are what the Father has told me [to say]."
Anderson New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life eternal. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
Bible in Basic English
And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
Common New Testament
And I know that his command is eternal life. Whatever I say, therefore, I say just as the Father has told me."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and I know that it is a commission of eternal life: whatever therefore I say, I deliver just as the father directed me.
Darby Translation
and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
Godbey New Testament
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Now whatsoever thing I say, as the Father has spoken unto me, so I say.
Goodspeed New Testament
And I know his orders mean eternal life. So whatever I say, I say only as the Father has told me."
John Wesley New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; what therefore I speak to you, as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.
Julia Smith Translation
And I know that his command is life eternal: therefore what I speak, as the Father said to me, so I speak.
King James 2000
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Modern King James verseion
And I know that His command is life everlasting. Therefore whatever I speak, even as the Father said to Me, so I speak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I know well that his commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore: even as the father bade me, so I speak."
Moffatt New Testament
And I know his orders mean eternal life. Therefore when I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."
Montgomery New Testament
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So whatever I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."
NET Bible
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."
New Heart English Bible
I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
Noyes New Testament
and I know that what he hath committed to me is everlasting life. What I speak therefore, I speak as the Father hath directed me.
Sawyer New Testament
and I know that his commandment is eternal life. What things I speak, therefore, I so speak as the Father has told me.
The Emphasized Bible
And I know that, his commandment, is, life age-abiding; The things, therefore, which I speak, just as the Father hath told me, so, I speak.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And I know that Immortal Life lies in keeping his command. Therefore, whatever I say, I say only what the Father has taught me."
Webster
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I speak.
Weymouth New Testament
And I know that His command is the Life of the Ages. What therefore I speak, I speak just as the Father has bidden me."
Williams New Testament
And I know that His orders mean eternal life. So whatever I speak I am speaking as the Father has told me."
World English Bible
I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
Worrell New Testament
And I know that His commandment is life eternal. What things, therefore, I speak, even as My Father hath told Me, so I speak."
Worsley New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, I so speak, as the Father hath directed me.
Youngs Literal Translation
and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'
Themes
Commandment » The commandments of the lord
Eternal life » What is eternal life
Jesus Christ » What jesus Christ speaks
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Declared his doctrine to be that of the father
Jesus Christ » History of » Verifies the prophecy of isaiah concerning the unbelieving jews
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:50
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Final Public Appeal
49 For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So [the things] that I say, just as the Father said to me, thus I say."
Names
Cross References
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
John 6:63
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 20:31
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.
1 Timothy 1:16
But because of this I was shown mercy, in order that in me foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his total patience, for an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
1 John 2:25
And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.
1 John 3:23-24
And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as {he commanded us}.
1 John 5:11-13
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, in order that we may know the one who is true, and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.