John 10:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shal neuer perishe, neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κἀγὼ ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς· καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπόλωνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου.

Transliteration

Kagō zōēn aiōnion didōmi to them; and not not apolōntai into the aiōna, and not harpasei tis them from the cheiros of me.

Grammar Details

• *Kagō*: contraction (kai + egō) - and I
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting
• *didōmi*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I give
• *apolōntai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might perish
• *aiōna*: accusative, masculine, singular - age/eternity
• *harpasei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will seize/snatch
• *tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative singular - anyone/someone
• *cheiros*: genitive, feminine, singular - of hand

Word Meanings

• *Kagō*: and I/I also
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
• *didōmi*: give/grant/bestow
• *apolōntai*: might perish/be destroyed/be lost
• *aiōna*: age/eternity/forever
• *harpasei*: will seize/snatch/take by force
• *tis*: anyone/someone
• *cheiros*: hand

Referenced Verses

• John 6:39-40 : 39 And this is the fathers wyll whiche hath sent me: that of all which he hath geuen me, I shal lose nothing, but rayse it vp agayne at the last day. 40 And this is the wyll of him yt sent me: that euery one which seeth the sonne, & beleueth on him, hath euerlastyng lyfe: And I wyll rayse him vp at ye last day.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the father geueth me, shall come to me: and hym that commeth to me, I cast not away.
• Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by hym, seyng he euer lyueth to make intercession for them.
• John 5:24 : 24 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlastyng lyfe, and shall not come into dampnation, but is escaped from death vnto lyfe.
• John 17:2 : 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe, that he shoulde geue eternall life, to as many as thou hast geuen him.
• John 18:9 : 9 That the saying myght be fulfylled which he spake: Of them which thou gauest me, haue I not lost one.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised vs, euen eternall lyfe.
• 1 John 5:13-20 : 13 These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on ye name of the sonne of God, that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe, and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God. 14 And this is the trust that we haue in hym: that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll, he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs, whatsoeuer we aske: we know that we haue ye petitions that we desire of hym. 16 If any man see his brother sinne a sinne not vnto death, let hym aske, and he shal geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death. There is a sinne vnto death: I say not that thou shouldest pray for it. 17 All vnrighteousnes is sinne: and there is sinne vnto death. 18 We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, kepeth hym selfe, and that wicked toucheth hym not. 19 We knowe that we are of God, & the whole worlde lieth in wickednesse. 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Unto him that is able to kepe you free from sinne, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with ioy,
• John 17:11-12 : 11 And nowe am I not in the worlde, and they are in the worlde, and I come to thee. Holy father, kepe through thine owne name, the which thou hast geuen me, that they may also be one, as we are. 12 Whyle I was with them in ye worlde, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost chylde, that the scripture myght be fulfylled.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had ben of vs, they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs: But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.
• Acts 7:59 : 59 And they stoned Steuen, callyng on, and saying: Lorde Iesu receaue my spirite.
• Rom 5:2 : 2 By whom also we haue had an entrauce by fayth, vnto this grace wherin we stande, and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God.
• Rom 5:9 : 9 Muche more then nowe, we that are iustified by his blood, shalbe saued from wrath through hym.
• Rom 5:17 : 17 For yf by the sinne of one, death raigned by the meanes of one: much more they, whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace, and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes, shall raigne in life by the meanes of one, Iesus Christe.
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death: euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe, by Iesus Christe our Lorde.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death: but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For those which he knewe before, he also dyd predestinate, that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne, that he myght be ye first begotten among many brethren.
• Rom 8:33-39 : 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen? It is God that iustifieth: 34 Who is he that can condempne? It is Christe which dyed, yea rather which is raysed agayne, which is also on the ryght hande of God, and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God? Shall tribulation or anguishe, or persecution, either hunger, either nakednesse, either peryll, either sworde? 36 As it is written: For thy sake are we kylled all daye long, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter. 37 Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we ouercome, through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure, that neither death, neither lyfe, neither angels, nor rule, neither power, neither thynges present, neither thynges to come, 39 Neither heygth nor deapth, neither any other creature, shalbe able to seperate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde.
• Phil 1:6 : 6 And beyng perswaded of this same thyng, that he which hath begun good worke in you, wyll perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe,
• Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye are dead, and your lyfe is hyd with Christe in God. 4 When soeuer Christe which is our life, shall appeare, then shall ye also appeare with hym in glorie.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth:
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 Notwithstandyng, for this cause was mercie shewed vnto me, that in me the first, Iesus Christe myght shewe all long sufferyng, to the example of them which shoulde beleue on hym to lyfe euerlastyng.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For the which cause I also suffer these thynges. Neuerthelesse, I am not ashamed: For I knowe whom I haue beleued, and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym, agaynst that day.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Iude the seruaunt of Iesus Christe, the brother of Iames: To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserued in Iesus Christe:
• Jude 1:21 : 21 And kepe your selues in the loue of God, lokyng for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christe, vnto eternall lyfe.
• 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the recorde, how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe, and this lyfe, is in his sonne.
• John 5:39-40 : 39 Searche the scriptures, for in them ye thynke ye haue eternall lyfe: and they are they which testifie of me. 40 And yet wyll ye not come to me, that ye myght haue lyfe.
• John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
• John 6:47 : 47 Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that putteth his trust in me, hath euerlasting lyfe.
• John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe:
• John 11:25 : 25 Iesus sayth vnto her, I am the resurrection, and the lyfe: He that beleueth on me, yea, though he were dead, yet shall he lyue.
• John 14:19 : 19 Yet a litle whyle, and the worlde shall see me no more: but ye shall see me, because I lyue, and ye shall lyue also.
• Mark 13:22 : 22 For false Christes, and false prophetes shall ryse, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceaue, yf it were possible, euen the elect.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord saide: Simon, Simon, beholde Satan hath desired to sift you, as it were wheate: 32 But I haue prayed for thee, that thy fayth fayle not: And when thou art couerted, strength thy brethren.
• Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce, he sayde: Father into thy handes I commende my spirite. And when he thus had sayde, he gaue vp the ghost.
• John 3:15-16 : 15 That whosoeuer beleueth in hym, perishe not, but haue eternall lyfe. 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe.
• John 3:36 : 36 He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whosoeuer drynketh of the water that I shall geue hym, shall neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shall geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, spryngyng vp into euerlastyng lyfe.
• Deut 33:3 : 3 And he loued the people, all his saintes also are in thy handes: They were smitten to go after thy feete, and to receaue of thy wordes.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He wyll kepe the feete of his saintes, and the wicked shall kepe scilence in darknesse, and in his owne myght shal no man be strong.
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also wyll kepe his way, and he that hath cleane handes wyll euer be stronger and stronger.
• Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thy hande I commende my spirite: for thou hast redeemed me O God the Lorde of trueth.
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.
• Ps 103:17-18 : 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer, vpon them that feare hym: and his righteousnesse vpon childers children. 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt: and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them.
• Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A song of high degrees. They that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion: whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer. 2 As for Hierusalem, hilles be rounde about it: and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day.
• Prov 24:16 : 16 For a iust man falleth seuen tymes, and ryseth vp agayne: but the vngodly fall into mischiefe.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel shalbe saued in the Lord with an euerlasting saluation: ye shall not come to shame nor confusion world without ende.
• Isa 54:17 : 17 But all the weapons that are made against thee shall not prosper: and as for all tongues that shal resist thee in iudgement, thou shalt ouercome them, and condempne them: This is the heritage of the Lordes seruauntes, and their righteousnesse commeth of me, saith the Lorde.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede I say and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appeare vnto me from farre and say I loue thee with an euerlasting loue, therfore by my mercie I haue drawen thee vnto me.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother, and say, Knowe the Lorde: but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest, saith the Lorde: for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes, and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more.
• Jer 32:40 : 40 And I wyll set vp an euerlasting couenaunt with them namely that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I wyll put my feare in their heartes, so that they shall not runne away from me.