John 8:50

And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
I	ἐγὼ egō	G1473	I · personal pronoun — 1st person nominative singular
seek	ζητῶ zētō	G2212	to seek (literally or figuratively) · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
not	οὐ ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
mine own	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
glory	δόξαν doxan	G1391	glory (as very apparent) · noun — accusative singular feminine
there is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
one that seeketh	ζητῶν zētōn	G2212	to seek (literally or figuratively) · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
judgeth	κρίνων.¶ krinōn	G2919	by implication · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine

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Cross-references

John 5:41 I receive not honour from men.
John 8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
John 5:20-23 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may mar…
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is…
John 12:47-48 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:48-50

Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having shown themselves uneasy when he complained (Joh 8:43, Joh 8:47) that they would not hear him, now at length they fall to downright railing, Joh 8:48. They were not the common people, but, as it should seem, the scribes and Pharisees, the men of consequence, who, when they saw themselves convicted of an obstinate infidelity, scornfully turned off the conviction with this: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? See here, see it and wonder, see it and tremble, 1. W…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:50

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).

Adam Clarke on John 8:50

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.

John Gill on John 8:50

I seek not mine own glory,.... In his doctrine, or in his miracles; which showed that he was no impostor, but a true, faithful, and upright person; and though he was so very much reproached and abused, he was not over solicitous of his own character, and of retrieving his honour, and of securing glory from man; he knew that Wisdom was justified of her children, and he committed himself to God that judgeth righteously, who would take care of his glory, and vindicate him from all the unjust charges and insults of men: there is one that seeketh and judgeth; meaning God his Father, who had his glory at heart; who had glorified him on the mount, and would glorify him again, when he should raise…

The Church Fathers

(ut sup.) How we are to take injuries, He shows us by His own example, when He adds, I seek not Mine own glory, there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

God, who gave his own Son for us, seeks the glory of Christ in each of those who have received him. He will find it in those who attend to themselves and work out the opportunities for virtue that have been implanted in them, but he will not find it in those who are not such. When he does not find it, he will judge those in whom he does not find the glory of his own Son and will say to them, "Because of you my name is continually blasphemed among the nations."
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 20.350

But what we should do in such matters, he still admonishes us by example, when he adds: "But I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks and judges." We know certainly that it is written that the Father has given all judgment to the Son, and yet behold the same Son, receiving injuries, does not seek his own glory. He reserves the insults inflicted for the Father's judgment, so that he might surely intimate to us how patient we ought to be, since he who judges does not yet wish to avenge himself.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 18

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Dictionary and topics

Self-Righteousness · .Pharisees — .Pharisees

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John 8:50

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:48-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:50

Adam Clarke on John 8:50

John Gill on John 8:50

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 8:50

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:48-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:50

Adam Clarke on John 8:50

John Gill on John 8:50

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 8:46-50

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 8:48-49