But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
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But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
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I seke not myne awne prayse: but ther is one that seketh and iudgeth.
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And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth.
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Passages linked to John 8:50 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 5:41 I don’t receive glory from men.
- John 8:54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
- John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
- John 5:20-23 For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.
- John 12:47-48 If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.
- John 5:45 “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, that will revenge both your despising of…
That is, that will revenge both your despising of me, and of him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there…
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
Ver. 50. There is one that seeketh and judgeth] The less a man strives for himself, the more is God his champion; those that honour him he will honour. Those that drown all self-respects in his glory, and study his share more than their own, shall he found to "praise, and honour, and glory," in that great amphitheatre at the last day, 1Pe 1:7.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Christ very often reminds them of this, that in…
Christ very often reminds them of this, that in what he spake and did, he sought not his own honour and reputation; which both obviated an objection they might make against him, and also convinced them of his truth and sincerity in what he did. But, saith he, though I seek not my own honour, yet there is one who cometh himself in my honour and glory; and you must expect that he should judge and condemn you for all your hard speeches which you have spoken against me.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Art thou greater than our father Abraham?.... So the…
Art thou greater than our father Abraham?.... So the woman of Samaria said, concerning Jacob, Joh 4:12. The Jews had a mighty opinion of their ancestors, especially of Abraham; and yet they allow the Messiah to be greater than he, as Jesus truly was: so one of their ancient commentators (w) on those words of Isa 52:13 thus paraphrases them,
""Behold my servant shall deal prudently", this is the King Messiah; "he shall be exalted" above Abraham, as it is written, Gen 14:22, "and extolled" above Moses, as it is written, Num 11:12, and he shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written, Eze 1:26, for he shall be , "greater than the fathers".''
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They add here, of Abraham,
which is dead; he was a great and good man, and yet dead:
and the prophets are dead; though they truly kept, and faithfully delivered the word of God:
whom makest thou thyself? who art a poor carpenter's son, a Galilean, a Nazarene, and yet makest thyself greater than Abraham, or any of the prophets; yea, makest thyself to be God, to promise security from death, and an everlasting continuance of life upon keeping thy word.
(w) Tachuma apud Huls. p. 321.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I seek not my own glory - That is,…
I seek not my own glory - That is, as I am the Messiah, I consult not my own glory. I need not. For my Father consulteth it, and will pass sentence on you accordingly.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 50. I seek not mine own glory] Another…
Verse 50. I seek not mine own glory] Another proof that I am not influenced by any spirit but that which proceeds from God. But there is one that seeketh-i.e. my glory-and judgeth-will punish you for your determined obstinacy and iniquity.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Mine own glory - My own praise or honor.…
Mine own glory - My own praise or honor. In all his teaching this was true. He did not seek to exalt or to vindicate himself. He was willing to lie under reproach and to be despised. He regarded little, therefore, their taunts and accusations; and even now, he says, he would not seek to vindicate himself.
There is one that seeketh and judgeth - God will take care of my reputation. He seeks my welfare and honor, and I may commit my cause into his hands without attempting my own vindication. From these verses Joh 8:46-50 we may learn:
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1. That where men have no sound arguments, they attempt to overwhelm their adversaries by calling odious and reproachful names. Accusations of heresy and schism, and the use of reproachful terms, are commonly proof that men are not only under the influence of unchristian feeling, but that they have no sound reasons to support their cause.
2. It is right to vindicate ourselves from such charges, but it should not be done by rendering railing for railing. “In meekness we should instruct those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,” 2Ti 2:25.
3. We should not regard it as necessarily dishonorable if we lie under reproach. If we have a good conscience, if we have examined for ourselves, if we are conscious that we are seeking the glory of God, we should be willing, as Jesus was, to bear reproach, believing that God will in due time avenge us, and bring forth our righteousness as the light, and our judgment as the noonday, Psa 37:6.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I seek not mine own glory: there is one…
I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh--that is, evidently, "that seeketh My glory"; requiring "all men to honor the Son even as they honor the Father"; judicially treating him "who honoreth not the Son as honoring not the Father that hath sent Him" (Joh 5:23; and compare Mat 17:5); but giving to Him (Joh 6:37) such as will yet cast their crowns before His throne, in whom He "shall see of the travail of his soul, and be satisfied" (Isa 53:11).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 50. Not mine own glory—Though he asserts his own…
50. Not mine own glory—Though he asserts his own dignity as divine, yet it is for no vain glory to himself, but for the glory of God the Father.
One that seeketh—That seeketh and obtaineth the glory, for it is His supreme right.
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And judgeth—Judgeth those who withhold his glory or dishonour his Son.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 50. And I seek not mine own glory] Better,…
50. And I seek not mine own glory] Better, But I seek not My glory. ‘It is not because I seek glory for Myself that I speak of your dishonouring Me: My Father seeks that for Me and pronounces judgment on you.’ Comp. Joh_8:54 and Joh_5:41.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (50) And I seek not mine own glory.—The words…
(50) And I seek not mine own glory.—The words are immediately connected with those which have preceded. They dishonoured Him. This to one who sought His own glory would have been matter of concern. For Him whose whole life was one of self-denial, their dishonour finds nothing which it can wound. His words repeat what He had taught them before. (See Notes on Joh_5:41; Joh_7:18.)
There is one that seeketh and judgeth.—Comp. Joh_5:45. The thought here is that though He Himself seeks not His own glory, the Father seeketh for the honour of the Son, and judgeth between Him and those who dishonour Him. The result of the judgment as to those who keep not His word is expressed in the next verse; and as to Himself in Joh_16:10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But, in honouring my Father, and in quietly bearing…
But, in honouring my Father, and in quietly bearing your unjustifiable reproaches, I am not seeking my glory. (cf. vers. 28, 42Jo 7:18) The claim of Christ to be and do so much is made because he has the happiness of the world, the salvation and life of men, and the glory of the Father as his consuming passion. He is not seeking his own glory; he is only crowning himself with the crown of utter self-abnegation. But, while he repudiates all care for his own glory, he knows that, there is One to whom that glory is dear, who seeketh his glory, and with whom it is perfectly safe, and who judgeth with absolute impartiality and infinite knowledge. Westcott quotes in illustration of o zhtwn , Philo on Gen_42:22, "He that seeketh maketh inquisition for blood is not man, but God, or the Logos, or the Divine Law" ("De Jos.," 29).
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 50. I seek not mine own glory. He cared…
50. I seek not mine own glory. He cared little therefore for their abuse, and sought not to defend himself.
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Jesus continues answering the Jews.
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there is one seeking and judging
This refers to God.
Truly, truly
See how you translated this in John 01:51.
keeps my word
Here "word" is a metonym for the "teachings" of Jesus. AT: "obeys my teachings" or "does what I say" (See: Metonymy)
see death
This is an idiom that means to experience death. Here Jesus is referring to spiritual death. AT: "die spiritually" (See: Idiom)
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seek
glory
judge
amen
die
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