John 12:50 Commentary - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

1) "And I know that his commandment," (kai oida hoti he entole autou) "And I perceive or know that his commandment," to those who are lost, the purpose, intent or object of it, Joh 3:17; Joh 12:48.

2) "Is life everlasting” (zoe aionios estin) "Is (exists as) eternal life," results in eternal life for those who hear, repent, believe, receive, or obey Him and His words, which I have given to the world, Mat 4:17; Luk 13:3; Luk 13:5; Luk 14:35; Mat 11:18; Joh 6:37.

3) "Whatsoever I speak therefore," (ho oun ego lalo) "Then what things I speak," and everything that I speak, have Divine authority behind them, even as He spoke to you all at my baptism, "Hear ye Him," and as my mother told the servants, "whatsoever He saith unto you, do it," Mat 3:17; Joh 2:5; Joh 6:63.

4) "Even as the Father said unto me," (kathos eireken moi ho pater) "Just as the Father has directed me," Joh 8:38; Joh 5:30; Gal 4:4-5; Joh 17:4-5.

5) "So I speak." (houtos lalo) "Thus I speak," Joh 14:10; Joh 14:24, and you all are my friends if you do what I tell you to do, Joh 15:14; Joh 13:34-35; Heb 10:7. He was to announce to them that the Father had offered eternal life to every man, as a gift, through faith in Him, Joh 10:27-29; 1Jn 5:12; 1Jn 5:11.