Study it in the app“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
Whoever believes has already passed from death to lifeGraceJesus says whoever believes has passed from death to lifeDeath and Eternal Life
Truly,Ἀμὴνtruly,ἀμὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνwhoeverὁhearsἀκούωνmy wordτὸν λόγον μουandκαὶbelievesπιστεύωνthe one whoτῷsentπέμψαντίmeμεhasἔχειeternalαἰώνιονlife,ζωὴνandκαὶdoes notοὐκcomeἔρχεταιintoεἰςjudgment,κρίσινbutἀλλὰhas passedμεταβέβηκενfromἐκdeathτοῦ θανάτουtoεἰςlife.τὴν ζωήν
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"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “Amēn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appearslisten
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouōn” appearsmessage
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appearstrust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuōn” appearssend
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsanti” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appearseternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appearsjudgment
A judge's sentence; above all, the one God will give at the end.
Where else “krisin” appearspass over
To cross from death to life.
Where else “metabebēken” appearsdeath
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatou” appears23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 · This verse (above)
25Truly, truly, I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
1. What it says
What does Jesus ask the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years, and what does he tell him to do? What problem do the Jews see? (vv. 5-16)
2. What it means
Jesus says the works he does bear witness about him (v. 36). What other witnesses does he mention in this chapter? (vv. 31-47)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the sick man, “Do you want to get well?” (v. 6). What change would you like to ask God for in your life today?
