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Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 12:48	King James	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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
He that rejecteth me - Luk 10:16. The word "reject" means to despise, or to refuse to receive him. Hath one - That is, he needs not my voice to condemn him. He will carry his own condemnation with him, even should I be silent. His own conscience will condemn him. The words which I have spoken will be remembered and will condemn him, if there were nothing further. From this we learn: 1. that a guilty conscience needs no accuser. 2. that the words of Christ, and the messages of mercy which the sinner has rejected, will be remembered by him. 3. that this will be the source of his condemnation. This will make him miserable, and there will be no possibility of his being happy. 4. that the conscience of the sinner will concur with the sentence of Christ in the great day, and that he will go to eternity self-condemned. It is this which will make the pains of hell so intolerable to the sinner. 5. The word that Christ has spoken, the doctrines of his gospel, and the messages of mercy, will be that by which the sinner will be judged in the last day. Every person will be judged by that message, and the sinner will be punished according to the frequency and clearness with which the rejected message has been presented to his mind, Mat 12:41.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

He that rejecteth me - Luk 10:16. The word "reject" means to despise, or to refuse to receive him.

Hath one - That is, he needs not my voice to condemn him. He will carry his own condemnation with him, even should I be silent. His own conscience will condemn him. The words which I have spoken will be remembered and will condemn him, if there were nothing further. From this we learn:

1. that a guilty conscience needs no accuser.

2. that the words of Christ, and the messages of mercy which the sinner has rejected, will be remembered by him.

3. that this will be the source of his condemnation. This will make him miserable, and there will be no possibility of his being happy.

4. that the conscience of the sinner will concur with the sentence of Christ in the great day, and that he will go to eternity self-condemned. It is this which will make the pains of hell so intolerable to the sinner.

5. The word that Christ has spoken, the doctrines of his gospel, and the messages of mercy, will be that by which the sinner will be judged in the last day. Every person will be judged by that message, and the sinner will be punished according to the frequency and clearness with which the rejected message has been presented to his mind, Mat 12:41.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Rejecteth (ἀθετῶν) See on Luk 7:30. The word (ὁ λόγος) Comprehending all the sayings (ῥήματα). The same (ἐκεῖνος) That. The pronoun of remote reference Westcott finely remarks: "The resumptive, isolating pronoun places in emphatic prominence the teaching which is regarded as past, and separated from those to whom it was addressed. It stands, as it were, in the distance, as a witness and an accuser." The last day Peculiar to John. See Joh 6:39.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Rejecteth (ἀθετῶν)

See on Luk 7:30.

The word (ὁ λόγος)

Comprehending all the sayings (ῥήματα).

The same (ἐκεῖνος)

That. The pronoun of remote reference Westcott finely remarks: "The resumptive, isolating pronoun places in emphatic prominence the teaching which is regarded as past, and separated from those to whom it was addressed. It stands, as it were, in the distance, as a witness and an accuser."

The last day

Peculiar to John. See Joh 6:39.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The word that I have spoken - shall judge him - Ye shall be judged according to my doctrine: the maxims which ye have heard from my mouth shall be those on which ye shall be tried in the great day; and ye shall be condemned or acquitted according as ye have believed or obeyed them, or according as ye have despised and violated them, See this proved, Mat 25:35 (note), etc.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The word that I have spoken - shall judge him - Ye shall be judged according to my doctrine: the maxims which ye have heard from my mouth shall be those on which ye shall be tried in the great day; and ye shall be condemned or acquitted according as ye have believed or obeyed them, or according as ye have despised and violated them, See this proved, Mat 25:35 (note), etc.

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