John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
KJV
ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐάν τις τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον τηρήσῃ, θάνατον οὐ μὴ θεωρήσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Greek NT
Amen, amen dico vobis : si quis sermonem meum servaverit, mortem non videbit in æternum.
Vulgate
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
ASV
Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐμός
emos
possessive_pronoun · 69×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐμὸν λόγον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐμὸν λόγον | RP: λόγον τὸν ἐμὸν
- ἐμὸν λόγον — SBLGNT
- ἐμὸν λόγον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λόγον τὸν ἐμὸν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on the Gospel of John · 2 passages
1. Whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame Philippians 3:19, said Paul of certain persons, writing to the Philippians. Now that the Jews were of this character is clear, both from what has gone before, and from what they came and said to Christ. For when He gave them bread, and filled their bellies, they said that He was a Prophet, and sought to make Him a K…
1. What I have often said, I will now say, that Christ looks not so much to His own honor as to our salvation; not how He may utter some sublime saying, but how something able to draw us to Him. On which account His sublime and mighty sayings are few, and those also hidden, but the humble and lowly are many, and abound through His discourses. For since by these men were the rat…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:14 — But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Heb 11:5 — By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- Heb 11:5 — By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
- John 3:15 — That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 3:36 — 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 5:24 — 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.
- John 5:24 — 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.
- John 5:26 — For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
- John 6:50 — This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- John 6:50 — This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- John 8:18 — I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
- John 8:55 — Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
- John 8:55 — Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
- John 8:58 — Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
- John 11:25 — 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 11:26 — And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- John 15:20 — Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
- John 15:20 — Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
- Luke 2:26 — And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- Luke 2:26 — And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- Luke 9:27 — But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
- Mark 9:1 — And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
- Ps 49:9 — That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
- Ps 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
- Ps 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.