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Contemporary English Version

John 8:51

I tell you for certain that if you obey my words, you will never die."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Righteous;   Self-Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Continuous Life;   Immortality;   Life;   Man;   Man's;   Mortality-Immortality;   Verily, Verily;   Words;   Words of Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death, Eternal;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eternity;   Jesus christ;   John, gospel of;   Life;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death, Mortality;   Word;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Revelation of John, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children of God;   Consciousness;   Death of Christ;   Deceit, Deception, Guile;   Endurance;   Error;   Eternal Life (2);   Immortality (2);   Jews;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Keeping;   Man;   Metaphors;   Promise (2);   Seeing;   Son of God;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 14 Word Words;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   See;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I promise you, whoever continues to obey my teaching will never die."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Verely verely I saye vnto you yf a man kepe my sayinges he shall never se deeth.
Hebrew Names Version
Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
International Standard Version
Truly, truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death at all."John 5:24; 11:26;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
"Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone follows My word, he will never see death."
New Century Version
I tell you the truth, whoever obeys my teaching will never die."
Update Bible Version
Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.
Webster's Bible Translation
Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death.
English Standard Version
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."
World English Bible
Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Verily, verily I say unto you, if a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
Weymouth's New Testament
In most solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever see death."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, if ony man kepe my word, he schal not taste deth with outen ende.
English Revised Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
Berean Standard Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death."
Amplified Bible
"I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if anyone keeps My word [by living in accordance with My message] he will indeed never, ever see and experience death."
American Standard Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
Bible in Basic English
Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever obeys my teaching will never see death."
Darby Translation
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death.
Etheridge Translation
Amen, amen, I say to you, That he who my word keepeth, death shall not see for ever.
Murdock Translation
Verily, verily, I say to you: He that keepeth my word, will never see death.
King James Version (1611)
Uerely, verely I say vnto you, If a man keepe my saying, hee shall neuer see death.
New Living Translation
I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!"
New Life Bible
For sure, I tell you, if anyone keeps My Word, that one will never die."
New Revised Standard
Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Verely, verely I say vnto you, If a man keepe my word, he shall neuer see death.
George Lamsa Translation
Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever obeys my word, shall never see death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Verily, verily, I say unto you: If anyone shall keep, my word, death, shall he not see, unto times age-abiding.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever.
Revised Standard Version
Truly, truly, I say to you, if any one keeps my word, he will never see death."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death.
Good News Translation
I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die."
Christian Standard Bible®
Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word,
King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Lexham English Bible
Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never experience death forever."
Literal Translation
Truly, truly, I say to you, If anyone keeps My Word, he will not behold death to the age, never!
Young's Literal Translation
verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see -- to the age.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Verely verely I saye vnto you: Yf eny man kepe my worde, he shal neuer se death.
Mace New Testament (1729)
verily, verily, I say unto you, whoever observes my doctrine, shall never die.
New English Translation
I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death."
New King James Version
Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death."
Simplified Cowboy Version
I ain't lying when I promise you that whoever rides for me and does what I do will never see death."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death."
Legacy Standard Bible
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death—ever."

Contextual Overview

51 I tell you for certain that if you obey my words, you will never die." 52 Then the people said, "Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die? 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?" 54 Jesus replied, "If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God, 55 even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says. 56 Your father Abraham was really glad to see me." 57 "You are not even fifty years old!" they said. "How could you have seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am." 59 The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If: John 3:15, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:50, John 11:25, John 11:26

keep: John 8:55, John 15:20

see: John 8:12, Psalms 89:48, Luke 2:26

Reciprocal: Psalms 49:9 - see Matthew 5:18 - verily Mark 9:1 - taste Luke 9:27 - taste John 1:51 - Verily John 3:36 - see John 5:26 - so hath John 8:18 - one John 8:58 - Verily John 14:6 - the life Acts 13:35 - to see 1 Corinthians 2:14 - they Hebrews 11:5 - translated

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 it, obeys it from his heart, and cordially embraces and firmly believes it; and retains and holds it fast, having a spiritual and comfortable experience of the doctrines of Christ, and yielding a cheerful and ready obedience to his commands and ordinances, in faith and love:

he shall never see death; the second death, eternal death, which is an everlasting separation of a man, body and soul, from God: this death shall have no power on such a person, he shall never be hurt by it; and though he dies a corporeal death, that shall not be a curse, a penal evil to him; nor shall he always lie under the power of it, but shall rise again, and live in soul and body, for ever with the Lord: seeing and tasting death, as in John 8:52, are Hebraisms expressive of dying.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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; Mark 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 John 6:49-50; John 3:36; John 5:24; John 11:25-26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 only have a long life, but shall never see death-he shall never come under the power of the death of the soul, but shall live eternally with me in glory.


 
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