John 6:40

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῦτο δὲ ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν Υἱὸν, καὶ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτόν, ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον: καὶ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐγὼ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.

Transliteration

This de estin the thelēma of the one pempsantos me, hina everyone theōrōn the Hyion, and pisteuōn in him, may echē zōēn aiōnion: and anastēsō him egō on the eschatē hēmera.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *estin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd singular - is
• *thelēma*: nominative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *pempsantos*: aorist, participle, active, genitive, masculine, singular - having sent
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *theōrōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - seeing/beholding
• *Hyion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *pisteuōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - believing
• *echē*: present, subjunctive, active, 3rd singular - may have
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
• *anastēsō*: future, indicative, active, 1st singular - I will raise up
• *egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st singular - I
• *eschatē*: dative, feminine, singular - last
• *hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - day

Word Meanings

• *de*: but/and/now
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose
• *pempsantos*: having sent/dispatched
• *theōrōn*: seeing/beholding/perceiving
• *Hyion*: Son
• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith
• *echē*: may have/possess/hold
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
• *anastēsō*: I will raise up/resurrect
• *eschatē*: last/final/ultimate
• *hēmera*: day

Referenced Verses

• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• John 6:54 : 54 ‹Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.›
• John 6:27 : 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›
• Isa 45:21-22 : 21 Tell ye, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it from that time? [have] not I the LORD? and [there is] no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; [there is] none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.
• 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.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• John 14:19 : 19 ‹Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.›
• Luke 2:30 : 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
• John 3:15-18 : 15 ‹That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.› 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.› 17 ‹For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.› 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 4:14 : 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›
• John 5:24 : 24 ‹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.›
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• John 8:56 : 56 ‹Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw› [it], ‹and was glad.›
• John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said unto her, ‹I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:›
• John 12:45 : 45 ‹And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.›
• John 12:50 : 50 ‹And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.›
• John 14:17 : 17 [Even] ‹the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.›
• John 10:28 : 28 ‹And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any› [man] ‹pluck them out of my hand.›
• John 6:35-37 : 35 And Jesus said unto them, ‹I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.› 36 ‹But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.› 37 ‹All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.›
• Isa 53:2 : 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
• Mark 16:16 : 16 ‹He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.›
• 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.
• John 17:2 : 2 ‹As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.›
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Heb 11:1 : 1 ¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
• Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: