John 5:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι Ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων, καὶ πιστεύων τῷ πέμψαντί με, ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ εἰς κρίσιν οὐκ ἔρχεται· ἀλλὰ μεταβέβηκεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωήν.

Transliteration

Amēn, amēn, I legō to you, that The one the logon of me akouōn, and pisteuōn to the pempsanti me, echei zōēn aiōnion, and into krisin not erchetai; but metabebēken from the thanatou into the zōēn.

Grammar Details

• *Amēn*: Hebrew term transliterated - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I say/tell
• *hymin*: personal pronoun, dative, 2nd plural - to you
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *logon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *mou*: personal pronoun, genitive, 1st singular - of me
• *akouōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - hearing
• *pisteuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing
• *pempsanti*: aorist active participle, dative, masculine, singular - having sent
• *me*: personal pronoun, accusative, 1st singular - me
• *echei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular of *echō* - has
• *zōēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: adjective, accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
• *krisin*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - judgment
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *erchetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd singular of *erchomai* - comes
• *alla*: adversative conjunction - but
• *metabebēken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular of *metabainō* - has passed
• *thanatou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - death

Word Meanings

• *logon*: word/message/teaching
• *akouōn*: hearing/listening to/heeding
• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith in
• *pempsanti*: having sent/who sent
• *zōēn aiōnion*: eternal life/life everlasting
• *krisin*: judgment/condemnation
• *metabebēken*: has passed/has crossed over/has transferred

Referenced Verses

• John 3:18 : 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.›
• John 3:36 : 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.
• 1 John 5:11-13 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 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.
• 1 John 3:14 : 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.
• John 3:16 : 16 ‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›
• John 20:31 : 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 ¶ [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
• John 6:40 : 40 ‹And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.›
• John 6:47 : 47 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.›
• John 8:51 : 51 ¶ ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.›
• John 10:27-30 : 27 ‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:› 28 ‹And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any› [man] ‹pluck them out of my hand.› 29 ‹My Father, which gave› [them] ‹me, is greater than all; and no› [man] ‹is able to pluck› [them] ‹out of my Father's hand.› 30 ‹I and› [my] ‹Father are one.›
• John 11:26 : 26 ‹And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?›
• John 12:44 : 44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, ‹He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.›
• Rom 8:16-17 : 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.
• Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth. 34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
• Mark 16:16 : 16 ‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 ¶ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
• Rom 10:11-13 : 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. 29 ¶ For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 ¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.