Verse 51. _SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH._] As Moses promised a long life, with abundance of temporal blessings, to those who should keep his statutes and ordinances, so he who keeps my doctrine shall not onl...
IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING - If he believes on me and obeys my commandments. HE SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH - To see death, or to taste of death, is the same as to die, Luke 2:26; Matthew 16:28;...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE JEWS WHO BELIEVED. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish party...
IF. MAN KEEP MY WORD, HE SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH. Here again is. condition and. promise. Notice 1. Its universal character. _If any one,_ Jew or Gentile, male or female, bond or free. 2. The condition:...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
"This is the truth I tell you--if anyone keeps my word, he will not see death for ever." The Jews said to him: "Now we are certain that you are mad. Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you are s...
KEEP. Greek. _area,_ implying watching rather than guarding. See notes on John 17:12. SAYING. word. Greek. _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. NEVER SEE DEATH. by no means (Greek. _ou me._ App-105) see ...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
_If a man keep my saying_ Better, _if a man keep My_ WORD. This is important, to shew the connexion with John 8:31; John 8:43 and also with John 5:24. In all these the same Greek word is used, _logos_...
13–59. A comparison of the discourses in Chapter s 5–8 shews how the conflict increases in intensity. In 5 and 6. Christ proceeds almost without interruption, and the Jews demur rather than contradict...
ΤῸΝ ἘΜῸΝ ΛΌΓΟΝ for τ. λ. τ. ἐμ. (S. John’s common use). 51. ἘΜῸΝ ΛΌΓΟΝ ΤΗΡΉΣΗ. _Keep My_ WORD. The connexion with John 8:31; John 8:43 and John 5:24 must be preserved by retaining the same translation...
VER 48. THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS, AND SAID TO HIM, SAY WE NOT WELL THAT YOU ARE A SAMARITAN, AND HAVE A DEVIL? 49. JESUS ANSWERED, I HAVE NOT A DEVIL; BUT I HONOR MY FATHER, AND YOU DO DISHONOR ME. 50....
_JESUS AND ABRAHAM -- JOHN 8:39-59:_ Jesus said these people wanted to kill Him for telling them the truth that God had given Him. The Jews claimed God as their father but they refused to obey Him. If...
IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING,— Our Lord, having before observed that _there is one who seeketh his glory,_ goes on to declare, that God the Father will not only finally glorify him as the Son ofman, but wi...
CHRIST DEFAMED _Text 8:48-59_ 48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, an...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:33-59 The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the Light reveal...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING, HE SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH: - thus vindicating His lofty cl...
12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
8:51 word, (a-13) _ Logos_ . see Hebrews 6:1 . never (e-16) See Note, ch. 4.14....
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
By dishonouring Jesus the Jews have incurred the judgment of the Father (John 8:50), i. e. the penalty of eternal death. But this judgment is not irrevocable. If even now they will obey Christ's word,...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING, HE SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH. — Better, _If a man keep My word._ Our version obscures the close connection with the thought of “continuing in His word” in John 8:31; and also that...
CHAPTER 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will He...
Therefore the emphasis in the next verse, precisely as in John 8:24 of chap. 5, is on “ _my_ word”. ἐάν τις … αἰῶνα, “if any one keeps my word, he shall never see death”. For τηρεῖν see John 14:15-23;...
_Discussion between Jesus and the Jews regarding their paternity_....
THE ETERNAL CHRIST John 8:48-59 It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of its sting; He has destroyed Him...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
(16) Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never (r) see death. (16) Only the doctrine of the gospel apprehended by faith is a sure remedy against death. (r) That is, he...
He shall not see death, he shall not die, for ever. That is, he shall not incur an eternal death, as they who die in sin: but they understood his words of the death of the body. (Witham) --- You accus...
SIMPLICITY AND CANDOR OF JESUS John 8:48-52. _“The Jews responded, and said to Him, Do we not truly say that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?”_ The Jews hated the Samaritans so inveterately tha...
4. “I AND YOU”: 8:30-59. Jesus, in His second discourse (John 8:12-20) attributed to Himself two modes of teaching: _testimony_, by which He reveals His origin, His mission, His work, and _judgment_,...
“ _Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one keep my word, he shall never see death._ 52. _The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou art possessed of a demon; Abraham is dead and the prop...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 51-59. 1. In John 8:51 Jesus turns the discourse to the more positive side, and brings out one of the great thoughts presented in this Gospel, namely, tha...
Why do ye not understand my speech; even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_HOW TO ESCAPE DEATH_ ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep My saying, he shall never see death.’ John 8:51 I. CHRIST’S ANTIPATHY TO DEATH.—What a startling statement it is! There is nothi...
51._Verily, verily, I say to you. _Christ unquestionably knew that some persons in that multitude were curable, and that others of them were not opposed to his doctrine. For this reason, he intended t...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... This is truth, and may be depended upon, as coming from the "Amen", and faithful witness: IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING; or doctrine, receives the Gospel in the love of...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Ver. 51. _Verily I say unto you_] This he speaketh for the comfort of the better sort among those refractory Jews wh...
_Then answered the Jews, Say we not well_ Have we not just cause to say; _Thou art a Samaritan_ An enemy to our church and nation; _and hast a devil?_ Art possessed by a proud and lying spirit? The Je...
NEVER SEE DEATH; spiritual and eternal death; not perish in his sins....
The Jews take refuge in abuse:...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IF A MAN KEEP MY SAYING, HE SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH. The frank argument of Jesus struck deeply, it cut the proud Jews to the quick. And they could not gainsay His words,...
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
48-53 Observe Christ's disregard of the applause of men. those who are dead to the praises of men can bear their contempt. God will seek the honour of all who do not seek their own. In these verses w...
To SEE DEATH, in this text, signifieth to die, but in an apparently differing sense from what it is taken in LUKE 2:26, where it is to be understood of a natural death; of which it cannot be understoo...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity If Christ is only man, how does He say, "If any man shall keep my word, he shall not see death for ever? "[109] Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topic...
John 8:51 Most G281 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 if G1437 anyone G5100 keeps G5083 ...
‘In very truth I tell you, if a man keeps my word he will never see death'. The fact that they should recognise was that His words offered life. Those who fully responded to them would never die. Jesu...
THE CHALLENGE COMES TO ITS CLIMAX BY JESUS REVEALING THAT HE IS THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:48). In this final section Jesus deals with their insults by facing them up with the issues of life and death, and t...
CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
John 8:51. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, IF A MAN HAVE KEPT MY WORD, HE SHALL NEVER BEHOLD DEATH. The solemn introductory words indicate that the discourse is taking a higher strain: once before the...
The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
IF A MAN KEEP MY WORD (εαν τις τον εμον λογον τηρηση). Condition of third class with εαν and constative aorist active subjunctive of τηρεω. Repeated in verse John 8:52. See verse John 8:43 about hea...
John 8:51 Christ our Life I. In Christ all shall be made alive; but that the depth and extent of the Scriptural term life can never be limited to the mere revival of the soul from death or unconsciou...
We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the sermon, why we read them. (See Luke 4:16) John 8:37....
John 8:28. _Then said Jesus unto them;_ That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,- John 8:28. _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do...
Christ thus spake to his adversaries. John 8:29. _And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone: for I do always those things that please him._ Brethren, what Christ could say, I...
John 8:31. _Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;_ For there were many, in Christ's day, coming to him for a while, and then...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
WILL NEVER DIE. The real death is spiritual death. Death of the body is not "real," in the sense that it is a _door_ that leads to the Eternal World, where the believer finds the "Feast in Heaven." No...
_Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil_ THE ANTI-DIABOLISM OF CHRIST I. CHRIST HONOURS THE FATHER; THE DEVIL DOES NOT (John 8:49). 1. How does Christ honour the Father? (1) By...
_If any man keep My saying he shall never see death._ I. THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED. 1. The “saying” of Christ means the whole system of truth which He has taught, and includes (1) All the doctrines a...
_Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him._ A GLORIOUS LIBERATOR I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage (John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13;...
VER. 37.. _know_, &c. By nature ye are Abraham's children, but in your deeds ye are degenerate. Your descent from Abraham will not therefore profit you. It will increase your damnation, for he will sa...
_Verily, verily, I say_. He says this not from indignation but from pity of the Jews, showing that He is seeking not His own glory, but their salvation. "I say in very truth," and as S. Augustine thin...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31). John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to let the Father witness of Him, still...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
John 11:25; John 11:26; John 15:20; John 3:15; John 3:16;...
Keep [τ η ρ η σ η]. See on 1 Peter 1:4. Saying [λ ο γ ο ν]. Better, word, as Rev. See on ver. 43. He shall not see death [θ α ν α τ ο ν ο υ μ η θ ε ω ρ η σ η]. The phrase qewrein qanaton, to see deat...
If a man keep my word — So will my Father consult my glory. We keep his doctrine by believing, his promises by hoping, his command by obeying. He shall never see death — That is, death eternal. He sha...
Observe here, 1. The blessed fruit and effect of observing our Saviour's doctrine: HE THAT KEEPS MY SAYINGS SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH; that is, shall be secured from eternal misery, and enjoy eternal life...