John chapter 12
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This chapter is the final ministry of Jesus to believers and non believers.
John 12:23
John 12:23
Jesus says the hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
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Jesus says the hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.
John 12:44-50
John 12:44-50
44 Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me.
45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to
judge the world but to save the world.
48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that
I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
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These verses are the last words of Jesus before He was crucified.
This was so important to understand that Jesus "cried out” meaning it was a shout in a loud voice.
He didn’t want them, or us, to miss the message. We all must understand the meaning of these verses.
There is nothing here that He has not already said in His prior teaching.
He 'ties together' His prior teaching as a review of those teachings.
For this study, the verses of John 12:44-50 are divided into 4 sections. Each section is followed
with verses recorded in earlier chapters of the book.
John 12:44-45
John 12:44-45
44 Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me".
45 And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
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When we believe and see Jesus, we see Him who sent him
Then Jesus cried out and said,
“He who believes in Me,
believes not in Me
but in Him who sent Me"
"And he who sees Me
sees Him who sent Me"
How do we see Jesus?
There are multiple answers to this question but basically through prophecies of the Old Testament,
through the eyewitnesses who saw him, in the lives of His followers and by following his teaching.
Verses from the earlier chapters of the book of John
John 1:1-2
John 1:1-2
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
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He was in the beginning with God.
John 8:19
John 8:19
Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father.
If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”
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If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
John 10:30
John 10:30
I and My Father are one.
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“I and My Father are one.”
John 10:38
John 10:38
but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
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Believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.
John 12:46
John 12:46
I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
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Jesus has come as a light into the world
I have come as a light into the world,
that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness
The light represents sin, ignorance and separation which is darkness.
Believers will have the light of life and not walk in darkness.
There is no other source of spiritual truth for mankind.
Verses from the earlier chapters of the book of John
John 1:1-5
John 1:1-5
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
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In Him was life, and the life was the light of men
John 1:9
John 1:9
That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
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That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
John 3:19-21
John 3:19-21
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
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The light has come into the world
John 8:12
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
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I am the light of the world
John 12:47-48
John 12:47-48
47 And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
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The word Jesus has spoken will judge in the last day
And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him;
for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words,
has that which judges him;
the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.”
Verses from the earlier chapters of the book of John
John 3:17-18
John 3:17-18
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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The world through Jesus might be saved
John 12:49-50
John 12:49-50
49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
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Jesus speaks just as the Father has told Him, so He speaks
"For I have not spoken on My own authority;
but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command,
what I should say and what I should speak.
And I know that His command is everlasting life.
Therefore, whatever I speak,
just as the Father has told Me, so I speak".
Verses from the earlier chapters of the book of John
John 5:19
John 5:19
Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself,
but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
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The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do
John 7:16
John 7:16
Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
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My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me
John 8:28
John 8:28
Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He,
and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.
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I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me
Summary of Jesus' last public teaching
• When we believe and see Jesus, we see Him who sent him
Seeing Him is the same as seeing the Father
• He has come as a light into the world, not to condemn, but to save from darkness
• He has not come for judgement, the words of His father will judge unbelievers
Rejecting His words Will lead to judgment on the last day
• His words, as His Father gave to him, are the only way to obtain eternal life
John 14:5-6
John 14:5-6
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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Jesus said “No one comes to the Father except through Me"
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