John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
John 12:48 in other translations
| BSB | There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. |
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| WEB | He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day. |
| ASV | He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day. |
| YLT | ‘He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day, |
| DARBY | He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day. |
| BBE | He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day. |
| Webster | He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. |
What does John 12:48 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.
Barnes' Notes
Hath one. That is, he needs not my voice to condemn him. He will carry his own condemnation with him, even should I be silent. His own conscience will condemn him. The words which I have spoken will be remembered and will condemn him, if there were nothing farther. From this we learn,
1st. That a guilty conscience needs no accuser.
2nd. That the words of Christ, and the messages of mercy which the sinner has rejected, will be remembered by him.
3rd. That this will be the source of his condemnation. This will make him miserable, and there will be no possibility of his being happy.
4th. That the conscience of the sinner will concur with the sentence of Christ in the great day, and that he will go to eternity self-condemned. It is this which will make the pains of hell so intolerable to the sinner.
5th. The word that Christ has spoken, the doctrines of his gospel, and the messages of mercy, will be that by which the sinner will be judged in the last day. Every man will be judged by that message, and the sinner will be punished according to the frequency and clearness with which the rejected message has been presented to his mind, Mt 12:41.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
John 12:48 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 12:48
- Luke 10:16
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
- Hebrews 9:27-28
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
- Romans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- John 3:17-20
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- John 11:24
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
- Hebrews 12:25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
- Hebrews 10:29-31
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- John 5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
- Deuteronomy 18:18-19
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
- Matthew 21:42
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 18:19; 1Sa 8:7; 10:19; Isa 53:3; Mt 21:42; Mr 8:31; 12:10
Lu 7:30; 9:22,26; 10:16; 17:25; 20:17; Ac 3:23; Heb 2:3; 10:29-31
Heb 12:25
the word.
3:17-20; Mr 16:16; 2Co 2:15,16; 4:3; 2Th 1:8
judge.
11:24; Mt 25:31; Ro 2:16; Heb 9:27,28
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Context
- John 12:47
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
- John 12:49
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 12:48 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que me desecha, y no recibe mis palabras, tiene quien le juzgue: la palabra que he hablado, ella le juzgará en el día postrero. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui me rejette et qui ne reçoit pas mes paroles, a qui le juge; la parole que j’ai dite, celle-là le jugera au dernier jour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer mich verwirft und meine Worte nicht annimmt, hat den, der ihn richtet: das Wort, das ich geredet habe, das wird ihn richten an dem letzten Tage. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui spernit me et non accipit verba mea, habet qui judicet eum. Sermo quem locutus sum, ille judicabit eum in novissimo die. |