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Selected Verse: John 5:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 5:24 |
King James |
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
believeth on him that sent me--that is, believeth in Him as having sent Me. I have spoken of the Son's right not only to heal the sick but to raise from the dead, and quicken whom He will: And now I say unto you, That life-giving operation has already passed upon all who receive My words as the Sent of the Father on the great errand of mercy.
hath everlasting life--immediately on his believing (compare Joh 3:18; Jo1 5:12-13).
is passed--"hath passed over"
from death unto life--What a transition! (Compare Jo1 3:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He that heareth my word - To "hear," in this place, evidently denotes not the outward act of hearing, but to receive in a proper manner; to suffer it to make its proper impression on the mind; to obey. The word "hear" is often used in this sense, Mat 11:15; Joh 8:47; Act 3:23. Many persons outwardly hear the gospel who neither understand nor obey it.
My word - My doctrine, my teaching. All that Jesus taught about Himself, as well as about the Father.
On him that sent me - On the Father, who, in the plan of redemption, is represented as "sending" his Son to save men. See Joh 3:17. Faith in God, who sent his Son, is here represented as being connected with everlasting life; but there can be no faith in him who "sent" his Son, without faith also in him who is "sent." The belief of one of the true doctrines of religion is connected with, and will lead to, the belief of all.
Hath everlasting life - The state of man by nature is represented as death in sin, Eph 2:1. Religion is the opposite of this, or is "life." The "dead" regard not anything. They are unaffected by the cares, pleasures, amusements of the world. They hear neither the voice of merriment nor the tread of the living over their graves. So with sinners. They are unmoved with the, things of religion. They hear not the voice of God; they see not his loveliness; they care not for his threatenings. But religion is "life." The Christian lives with God, and feels and acts as if there was a God. Religion, and its blessings here and hereafter, are one and the same. The happiness of heaven is living for God - being sensible of his presence, and glory, and power - and rejoicing in that. There shall be no more "death" there, Rev 21:4. This "life," or this religion, whether on earth or in heaven, is the same - the same joys extended and expanded forever. Hence, when a man is converted, it is said that he "has" everlasting life; not merely shall have but is already in possession of that life or happiness which shall be everlasting. It is life begun, expanded, ripening for the skies. He has already entered on his inheritance - that inheritance which is everlasting.
Shall not come into condemnation - He was by nature under condemnation. See Joh 3:18. Here it is declared that he shall not return to that state, or he will not be again condemned. This promise is sure; it is made by the Son of God, and there is no one that can pluck them out of his hand, Joh 10:28. Compare the notes at Rom 8:1.
But is passed from death unto life - Has "passed over" from a state of spiritual death to the life of the Christian. The word translated "is passed" would be better expressed by "has passed." It implies that he has done it voluntarily; that none compelled him; and that the passage is made unto "everlasting" life. Because Christ is the author of this life in the soul, he is called the "Life" Joh 1:4; and as he has "always" existed, and is the Source of "all life," he is called the "eternal life," Jo1 5:20. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Heareth
Closely connected with believeth.
Hath eternal life
See on Joh 3:36.
Shall not come into condemnation (εἰς κρίσιν οὐκ ἔρχεται)
The present tense, cometh not. So Rev. Not condemnation, but judgment, as Rev. See on Joh 3:17. Wyc., cometh not into doom. The present, cometh, states the general principle or order.
From death (ἐκ θανάτου)
Rev., correctly, out of death, pointing to the previous condition in which he was.
Life (τὴν ζωήν)
The life; the ideal of perfect life. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And cometh not into condemnation - Unless he make shipwreck of the faith. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He that heareth my word - My doctrine - and believeth on him that sent me - he who credits my Divine mission, that I am come to give light and life to the world by my doctrine and death - hath eternal life - the seed of this life is sown in his heart the moment he believes - and shall not come into condemnation, εις κρισιν, into judgment - that which will speedily come on this unbelieving race; and that which shall overwhelm the wicked in the great day.
But is passed from death unto life - Μεταβεβηκεν, Has changed his country, or place of abode. Death is the country where every Christless soul lives. The man who knows not God lives a dying life, or a living death; but he who believes in the Son of God passes over from the empire of death, to the empire of life. Reader! thou wast born in death: hast thou yet changed the place of thy natural residence? Remember that to live in sin is to live in death; and those who live and die thus shall die eternally. |
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.