50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
50 I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say."
50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."
50 And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That's all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you."
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak."
50 And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 12:50
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.