John 12 · Verse 45

John 12:45

And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
John 12:45, King James Version

John 12:45 in other translations

BSBAnd whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
WEBHe who sees me sees him who sent me.
ASVAnd he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me.
YLTand he who is beholding me, doth behold Him who sent me;
DARBYand he that beholds me, beholds him that sent me.
BBEAnd he who sees me, sees him who sent me.
WebsterAnd he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me:

What does John 12:45 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 12:44-50

44-50. Jesus cried--in a loud tone, and with peculiar solemnity. (Compare Joh 7:37). and said, He that believeth on me, &c.--This seems to be a supplementary record of some weighty proclamations, for which there had been found no natural place before, and introduced here as a sort of summary and winding up of His whole testimony.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 45. Seeth me. This verse is a strong confirmation of his equality with god. In no other way can it be true that he who saw Jesus saw him that sent him, unless he were the same in essence. Of no man could it be affirmed that he who saw him saw God. To say this of Paul or Isaiah would have been blasphemy. And yet Jesus uses this language familiarly and constantly. It shows that he had a consciousness that he was divine and that it was the natural and proper way of speaking when speaking of himself.

Comp. Jn 5:17

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 12:44-50

Our Lord publicly proclaimed, that every one who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent him. Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father, we learn to obey, love, and trust in him. By daily looking to Him, who came a Light into the world, we are more and more freed from the darkness of ignorance, error, sin, and misery; we learn that the command of God our…

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John 12:45 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhothe [one]G3588
θεωρῶνtheōrōnbeholdingG2334
ἐμὲemeMe myselfG1473
θεωρεῖtheōreihe beholdsG2334
τὸνtonthe [One]G3588
πέμψαντάpempsantahaving sentG3992
με.meMe.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 12:45

  • John 14:9-10

    Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6

    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Colossians 1:15

    Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

  • Hebrews 1:3

    Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • John 12:41

    These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

  • John 15:24

    If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
41; 14:9,10; 15:24; 2Co 4:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3; 1Jo 5:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 12:44

    Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

  • John 12:45

    And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

  • John 12:46

    I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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John 12:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el que me ve, ve al que me envió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et celui qui me voit, voit celui qui m’a envoyé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und wer mich sieht, sieht den, der mich gesandt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et qui videt me, videt eum qui misit me.