John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
John 8:51 in other translations
| BSB | Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.” |
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| WEB | Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.” |
| ASV | Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death. |
| YLT | verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see--to the age.' |
| DARBY | Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death. |
| BBE | Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death. |
| Webster | Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death. |
What does John 8:51 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:48-51
48-51. Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?--What intense and virulent scorn! (See He 12:3). The "say we not well" refers to Joh 7:20. "A Samaritan" means more than "no Israelite at all"; it means one who pretended, but had no manner of claim to the title--retorting perhaps, this denial of their true descent from Abraham.
Barnes' Notes
He shall never see death. To see death, or to taste of death, is the same as to die, Lk 2:26, Mt 16:28, Mk 9:1. The sense of this passage is, "He shall obtain eternal life, or he shall be raised up to that life where there shall be no death." See Jn 6:49,50, 3:36, 5:24, 11:25,26.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 8:48-53
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 we have the doctrine of the everlasting happiness of believers. We have the character of a believer; he is one that keeps the sayings of the Lord Jesus. And the privilege of a believer; he shall by no means see death for ever…
John 8:51 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 8:51
- John 11:25-26
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- 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 3:15-16
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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 6:50
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- 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.
- Hebrews 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.
- Psalms 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.
- 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 8:12
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.
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Context
- John 8:50
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
- John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
John 8:51 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De cierto, de cierto os digo, que el que guardare mi palabra, no verá muerte para siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En vérité, en vérité, je vous dis: Si quelqu’un garde ma parole, il ne verra point la mort, à jamais. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wenn jemand mein Wort bewahren wird, so wird er den Tod nicht sehen ewiglich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Amen, amen dico vobis: si quis sermonem meum servaverit, mortem non videbit in æternum. |