John 12:50
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for John 12:50 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
John 12:50 is a verse from the book of John in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
John 12:50 — KJV
“And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
— John 12:50 (KJV)
John 12:50 in Context — About the Book of John
John is the Gospel of belief — written so that you may believe Jesus is the Son of God and have life in His name. Seven I AM declarations, seven signs, and the Bible's most loved verse all live here, alongside Jesus' longest recorded prayer in chapter 17.
Cross-References for John 12:50
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. be built...: Heb. return and be built wall: or, breach, or, ditch troublous: Heb. strait of”
Shares key themes with John 12:50: know, commandment, therefore
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”
Shares key themes with John 12:50: life, therefore, even
“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
Shares key themes with John 12:50: know, life, even
“But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.”
Shares key themes with John 12:50: know, commandment, even
“Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;”
Shares key themes with John 12:50: life, therefore, father
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