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andκαὶyou are notοὐwillingθέλετεto comeἐλθεῖνtoπρόςmeμεso thatἵναyou may haveἔχητεlife.ζωὴν
John 5:40
Study it in the app“and you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.”
With the Greek beneath
John 5:40, word by word
- willingθέλετεthelete
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelete” appears- to comeἐλθεῖνelthein
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthein” 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
The context
39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify about me;
40 · This verse (above)
41I do not receive glory from people,
To study John 5 in a group
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?