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Andδέthisτοῦτοisἐστινthe willτὸ θέλημαof the one whoτοῦsentπέμψαντόςme:μεthatἵναI should loseἀπολέσωnothingμὴofἐξallπᾶνthatὃhe has givenδέδωκένme,μοιbutἀλλὰraiseἀναστήσωitαὐτὸupἀναστήσωon the lastτῇ ἐσχάτῃday.ἡμέρᾳ
John 6:39
Study it in the app“And this is the will of the one who sent me: that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.”
With the Greek beneath
John 6:39, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears- sentπέμψαντόςpempsantos
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsantos” appears- I should loseἀπολέσωapolesō
lose
To be left without something or someone one had.
Where else “apolesō” appears- he has givenδέδωκένdedōken
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dedōken” appears- raiseἀναστήσωanastēsō
rise
To come back to life.
Where else “anastēsō” appears- on the lastἐσχάτῃeschatēi
last in time
Last in time: "the last day".
Where else “eschatēi” appears- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
judgment day
The day of the Lord, when God judges the world.
Where else “hēmerai” appears
The context
38because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
39 · This verse (above)
40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
To study John 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did the boy Andrew mentioned have, and what does Jesus do with it before it is given to the crowd? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” What does he promise to the one who comes to him and believes in him? (vv. 35-40)
3. How I live it
When many walked away, Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life” (vv. 66-68). What keeps you close to Jesus?