Berean Standard Bible
49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
Berean Standard Bible
49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
King James Version
49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Goodspeed New Testament
49for I have not spoken on my account, but the Father who has sent me has himself given me orders what to tell and what to say.
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →49I have not said things from my own authority. Instead, my Father, the one who sent me, instructed me what to say and how I should say it.
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
for I have not spoken on my account, but the Father who has sent me has himself given me orders what to tell and what to say.
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
King James Version
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
for I have not spoken on my account, but the Father who has sent me has himself given me orders what to tell and what to say.
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
SBL
49
ὅτι that ὅτι hóti neuter of G3748 (ὅστις) as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because as concerning that ἐγὼ I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me ἐξ from out ἐκ ek a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; ἐμαυτοῦ of myself ἐμαυτοῦ emautoû genitive case compound of G1700 (ἐμοῦ) and G846 (αὐτός); of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case me, οὐκ not οὐ ou a primary word; the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), no ἐλάλησα speak λαλέω laléō a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter , ἀλλʼ but ἀλλά allá neuter plural of G243 (ἄλλος); properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) and, but (eve ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πέμψας send πέμπω pémpō apparently a primary verb; to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas (as a stronger form of ) με I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me πατὴρ father πατήρ patḗr apparently a primary word; a father (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) father, parent αὐτός he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive μοι I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me ἐντολὴν ordinance ἐντολή entolḗ from G1781 (ἐντέλλομαι); injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription commandment, precept ⸀ δέδωκεν give δίδωμι dídōmi a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide τί who τίς tís probably emphatic of G5100 (τὶς); an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) every m εἴπω say λέγω légō a primary verb; properly, to lay forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; wh καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τί who τίς tís probably emphatic of G5100 (τὶς); an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) every m λαλήσω speak λαλέω laléō a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter .
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
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