John 12:48 - Exposition

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings ( ῥήματα ), hath one that judgeth him —perhaps, that which judgeth him— the word ( λόγος ) which I spake, that will judge him at the last day. There is no more awful utterance than this. How strange that some critics should, with a view to disparage the authenticity of the Gospel, make it appear that there is no reference in it to judgment to come, or to the last day, and should deliberately ignore this feature of the Johannine Gospel!