John 12:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν: ἃ οὖν λαλῶ ἐγώ, καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι ὁ Πατήρ, οὕτως λαλῶ.

Transliteration

And oida that the entolē of him zōē aiōnios estin: what therefore lalō I, just as eirēken to me the Patēr, thus lalō.

Grammar Details

*oida*: perfect active indicative, 1st singular with present meaning - I know
*entolē*: nominative, feminine, singular - commandment/instruction
*zōē*: nominative, feminine, singular - life
*aiōnios*: nominative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
*lalō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I speak
*eirēken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has spoken/said
*Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father

Word Meanings

*oida*: know/understand/perceive
*entolē*: commandment/instruction/order
*zōē*: life/existence
*aiōnios*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
*lalō*: speak/say/tell
*eirēken*: has spoken/said/told

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 6:68 : 68 {G3767} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
John 20:31 : 31 but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.
1 Tim 1:16 : 16 but for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for a ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
John 6:63 : 63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.
1 John 3:23-24 : 23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby {G5129} we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we 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.

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