John 12:50

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father 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

Referenced Verses

• John 6:68 : 68 Then 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 might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• 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.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
• John 6:63 : 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
• 1 John 3:23-24 : 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
• 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 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may 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.