48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.

Other Translations of John 12:48

King James Version

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.

English Standard Version

48  The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

The Message

48 I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I'm saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word.

New King James Version

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.

New Living Translation

48 But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 12:48

Commentary on John 12:44-50

(Read 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 Saviour is everlasting life. But the same word will seal the condemnation of all who despise it, or neglect it.