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He who rejects me, and doesn`t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
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The Word Itself is the Judge
Commentators unanimously highlight that on the last day, people will be judged by the very words of Jesus they heard and rejected. The gospel message isn't just an invitation; it becomes the ultimate standard. As John Calvin notes, the final judgment will essentially be a ratification of the doctrine of the Gospel, which either saves or condemns.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that rejecteth me (Luke 10:16). The word reject means to despise, or to refuse to receive him.
Rejecteth (αθετων). Present active participle of αθετεω, late Koine verb (from αθετος, α privative, and τιθημ), to render n…
19th Century
Anglican
He that rejecteth me . . .—The word rendered “rejecteth” (more exactly nullifies) occurs only here in John. (Co…
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Baptist
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am …
Judgment on unbelief is not arbitrary but inevitable. The message of Christ will become the condemnation in the last days of any who refuse it, sin…
16th Century
Protestant
He who rejects me. So that wicked men may not flatter themselves as if their unbounded disobedience to Christ would pass unpunished, he ad…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that rejecteth me As the Messiah, with abhorrence and contempt, as many among the Jews did, who would not have hi…
Our Lord publicly proclaimed that everyone who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent h…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Evangelist described the failure of those who did not believe at all. Here he explains the failure of those who believed in secret …
