Matthew Poole and continuators on John 12:47

47 And if any man hear my words, and believe nor, I judge him not ; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world .

I alone judge him not, or rather, it is not my present business to pronounce sentence of Condemnation against him; I am now doing the work of a Redeemer, and Saviour, not of a Judge: he is condemned already, Iohn 3.18. and he hath another that accuseth, and condemneth him, as the Iews had Moses, Chap. 5 45. so he hath my Father as his Judge, and will have my word as his Accuser, (as in the next verse) I shall one day condemn him; but that is not my present business, that was not my errand in coming into the World.

I came to offer the World the means, and to shew them the way to Salvation; if they do perish, their blood will be upon their own heads: it is not my business to Condemn them.

Marginal references: Cha 8 15, [illegible: 1 letter]6.