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Selected Verse: John 11:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 11:26 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] whosoever [3956] liveth [2198] and [2532] believeth [4100] in [1519] me [1691] shall [599] never [3364] [1519] [165] die [599]. Believest thou [4100] this [5124]? |
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King James |
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Whosoever liveth - He had just spoken of the prospects of the pious dead. He now says that the same prospects are before the living who have like faith. Greek, "Every one living and believing on me."
Shall never die - As the dead, though dead, shall yet live, so the living shall have the same kind of life. They shall never come into eternal death. See Joh 6:50-51, Joh 6:54, Joh 6:58. Greek, "Shall by no means die forever."
Believest thou this? - This question was doubtless asked because it implied that he was then able to raise up Lazarus, and because it was a proper time for her to test her own faith. The time of affliction is a favorable period to try ourselves to ascertain whether we have faith. If we still have confidence in God, if we look to him for comfort in such seasons, it is good evidence that we are his friends. He that loves God when he takes away his comforts, has the best evidence possible of true attachment to him. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
never die
That is, the "second death."
Compare (Rev 2:1); (Rev 20:6). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Shall never die - Or, Shall not die for ever. Though he die a temporal death. he shall not continue under its power for ever; but shall have a resurrection to life eternal.
Believest thou this? - God has determined to work in the behalf of men only in proportion to their faith in him: it was necessary, therefore, that these persons should be well instructed concerning his nature, that they might find no obstacles to their faith. These sisters had considered him only as a prophet hitherto; and it was necessary that they should now be farther instructed, that, as God was to exert himself, they might believe that God was there. |
58 This [3778] is [2076] that bread [740] which [3588] came down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772]: not [3756] as [2531] your [5216] fathers [3962] did eat [5315] manna [3131], and [2532] are dead [599]: he that eateth [5176] of this [5126] bread [740] shall live [2198] for [1519] ever [165].
54 Whoso eateth [5176] my [3450] flesh [4561], and [2532] drinketh [4095] my [3450] blood [129], hath [2192] eternal [166] life [2222]; and [2532] I [1473] will raise [450] him [846] up [450] at the last [2078] day [2250].
50 This [3778] is [2076] the bread [740] which [3588] cometh down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772], that [3363] a man [5100] may eat [5315] thereof [1537] [846], and [2532] not [3363] die [599].
51 I [1473] am [1510] the living [2198] bread [740] which [3588] came down [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772]: if [1437] any man [5100] eat [5315] of [1537] this [5127] bread [740], he shall live [2198] for [1519] ever [165]: and [1161] [2532] the bread [740] that [3739] I [1473] will give [1325] is [2076] my [3450] flesh [4561], which [3739] I [1473] will give [1325] for [5228] the life [2222] of the world [2889].
6 Blessed [3107] and [2532] holy [40] is he that hath [2192] part [3313] in [1722] the first [4413] resurrection [386]: on [1909] such [5130] the second [1208] death [2288] hath [2192] no [3756] power [1849], but [235] they shall be [2071] priests [2409] of God [2316] and [2532] of Christ [5547], and [2532] shall reign [936] with [3326] him [846] a thousand [5507] years [2094].
1 Unto the angel [32] of the church [1577] of Ephesus [2179] write [1125]; These things [3592] saith [3004] he that holdeth [2902] the seven [2033] stars [792] in [1722] his [846] right hand [1188], who [3588] walketh [4043] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the seven [2033] golden [5552] candlesticks [3087];