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butδὲtheseταῦταare writtenγέγραπταιso thatἵναyou may go on believingπιστεύητεthatὅτιJesusἸησοῦςisἐστινthe Messiah,ὁ χριστὸςthe Sonὁ υἱὸςof God,τοῦ θεοῦandκαὶthatἵναbelievingπιστεύοντεςyou may haveἔχητεlifeζωὴνinἐνhis name.τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ
John 20:31
Study it in the app“but these are written so that you may go on believing that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.”
John wrote his book so that we may believe and have lifeFaith
With the Greek beneath
John 20:31, word by word
- are writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “gegraptai” appears- you may go on believingπιστεύητεpisteuēte
believe
To believe something is true.
Where else “pisteuēte” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the Messiahχριστὸςchristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christos” appears- the Sonυἱὸςhuios
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huios” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- you may haveἔχητεechēte
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēte” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- his nameὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
The Greek text we follow reads pisteuēte, present tense (“so that you may go on believing”); many manuscripts read pisteusēte, aorist (“so that you may believe”).
The context
30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples that are not written in this book;
31 · This verse (above)
To study John 20 in a group
1. What it says
What does Mary Magdalene see at the tomb, and at what moment does she recognize Jesus? (vv. 11-18)
2. What it means
Thomas says he will not believe without seeing and touching, and then answers, “My Lord and my God.” What does Jesus say to him? (vv. 24-29)
3. How I live it
John wrote these signs so that we may believe and have life (v. 31). What doubt or question would you like to bring to Jesus today?