Forγάρthisτοῦτοisἐστινthe willτὸ θέλημαof my Father,τοῦ πατρός μουthatἵναeveryoneπᾶςwhoὁlooksθεωρῶνat the Sonτὸν υἱὸνandκαὶbelievesπιστεύωνinεἰςhimαὐτὸνmay haveἔχῃeternalαἰώνιονlife,ζωὴνandκαὶIἐγὼwill raiseἀναστήσωhimαὐτὸνupἀναστήσωon the lastτῇ ἐσχάτῃday.”ἡμέρᾳ
John 6:40
Study it in the app“For 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.””
With the Greek beneath
John 6:40, 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- of my Fatherπατρόςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- looksθεωρῶνtheōrōn
watch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōrōn” appears- at the Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- believesπιστεύωνpisteuōn
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuōn” appears- may haveἔχῃechēi
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēi” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- will 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
39And 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.
40 · This verse (above)
41So the Jews were grumbling about him because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
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?