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Green's Literal Translation

John 6:40

And this is the will of the One sending Me, that everyone seeing the Son and believing into Him should have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Immortality;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Life;   Perseverance;   Resurrection;   Righteous;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Will;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Dead, the;   Deathless;   Eternal;   Everlasting;   Faith;   Faith-Unbelief;   I Will's of Christ;   Life;   Life, Eternal;   Life-Death;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Saving Faith;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Eternal Life;   Last Days;   Resurrection;   Sending and Those Sent;   Will of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Faith;   Life, Eternal;   Resurrection, the;   Reward of Saints, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eating;   Manna;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Election;   Life;   Predestination;   Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Bread, Bread of Presence;   Hospitality;   Jesus Christ;   Last Day(s), Latter Days, Last Times;   Life;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Calvinists;   Holy Ghost;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elect;   Manna;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Hour;   John, the Gospel of;   Life;   Manna;   Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament;   Temptation of Jesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   John, Theology of;   Peter;   Resurrection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Children of God;   Christ in Art;   Consciousness;   Consolation;   Day of Judgment;   Discourse;   Eternal Life (2);   Faith ;   Gospels;   Grace;   Hymenaeus;   Ideas (Leading);   Immortality (2);   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Judgment;   Kingdom of God (or Heaven);   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Love (2);   Man;   Meals;   Mental Characteristics;   Name (2);   Parousia;   Popularity ;   Pre-Existence;   Promise (2);   Redemption (2);   Regeneration;   Resurrection of the Dead;   Sacrifice (2);   Salvation Save Saviour;   Seeing;   Son of God;   Time;   Wilderness (2);   King James Dictionary - Raise;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Day;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bread;   Manna;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jesus christ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lord's Supper;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christ, the Exaltation of;   Day, Last;   Johannine Theology, the;   Judas Iscariot;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Manna;   Parousia;   Resurrection;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 29;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day. This is what my Father wants."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And this is the wyll of him yt sent me: yt every man which seith ye sonne and beleveth on him have everlastinge lyfe. And I will rayse him vp at ye last daye.
Hebrew Names Version
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
International Standard Version
For this is my Father's will, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."John 3:15-16; 4:14;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
New Century Version
Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants."
Update Bible Version
For this is the will of my Father, that every one looking at the Son, and believing on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
English Standard Version
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
World English Bible
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Weymouth's New Testament
For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is the wille of my fadir that sente me, that ech man that seeth the sone, and bileueth in hym, haue euerlastynge lijf; and Y schal ayen reyse hym in the laste dai.
English Revised Version
For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Berean Standard Bible
For it is My Father's will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
Contemporary English Version
My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.
Amplified Bible
"For this is My Father's will and purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him [as Savior] will have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day."
American Standard Version
For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Bible in Basic English
This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, this is the will of my Father: that all who see the Son and trust in him should have eternal life, and that I should raise them up on the Last Day."
Darby Translation
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Etheridge Translation
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who seeth the Son and believeth on him, shall have the life that is eternal, and I will raise him at the last day.
Murdock Translation
For this is the pleasure of my Father, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
King James Version (1611)
And this is the will of him that sent me, that euery one which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth on him, may haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
New Living Translation
For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day."
New Life Bible
He wants everyone who sees the Son to put his trust in Him and have life that lasts forever. I will raise that one up on the last day."
New Revised Standard
This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this is the will of him that sent mee, that euery man which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth in him, should haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
George Lamsa Translation
For this is the will of my Father, that whoever sees the Son and believes in him, shall have life everlasting; and I will raise him up at the last day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, this, is the will of my Father, That, every one that vieweth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life age-abiding, and, I, should raise him up, at the last day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the will of my Father that sent me: that every one who seeth the Son and believeth in him may have life everlasting. And I will raise him up in the last day.
Revised Standard Version
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this is the wyll of him yt sent me: that euery one which seeth the sonne, & beleueth on him, hath euerlastyng lyfe: And I wyll rayse him vp at ye last day.
Good News Translation
For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."
Christian Standard Bible®
For this is the will of my Father:
King James Version
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Lexham English Bible
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
Young's Literal Translation
and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is the wyl of him which hath sent me, that, who soeuer seyth the sonne and beleueth on him, haue euerlastinge life, and I shal rayse him vp at the last daye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I say, is the will of him that sent me, that every one who observes the son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
New English Translation
For this is the will of my Father—for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."
New King James Version
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
Simplified Cowboy Version
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
Legacy Standard Bible
For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."

Contextual Overview

28 Then they said to Him, What may we do that we may work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom that One sent. 30 Then they said to Him, Then what miraculous sign do You do that we may see and may believe You? What do You work? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written "He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat." LXX-Psa. 77:24; MT-Psa. 78:24 32 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread out of Heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread out of Heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He coming down out of Heaven and giving life to the world. 34 Then they said to Him, Lord, always give us this bread. 35 Jesus said to them, I am the Bread of life; the one coming to Me will not at all hunger, and the one believing into Me will not thirst, never! 36 But I said to you that you also have seen Me and did not believe. 37 All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, and the one coming to Me I will in no way cast out.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seeth: John 6:36, John 6:37, John 1:14, John 4:14, John 8:56, Isaiah 45:21, Isaiah 45:22, Isaiah 52:10, Isaiah 53:2, Luke 2:30, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:27, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 John 1:1-3

and believeth: John 6:27, John 6:35, John 6:54, John 3:15-18, John 3:36, John 5:24, John 10:28, John 12:50, John 17:2, Mark 16:16, Romans 5:21, Romans 6:23, 1 John 2:25, 1 John 5:11-13, Jude 1:21

I will: John 11:25

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:9 - he lived Psalms 37:28 - forsaketh Isaiah 45:17 - an everlasting Jeremiah 23:4 - neither Matthew 6:10 - Thy will Matthew 7:21 - that Matthew 12:50 - do Matthew 18:14 - it is Mark 10:17 - eternal John 3:17 - but John 3:18 - is not John 5:28 - for John 5:40 - that John 6:39 - this John 6:44 - and I John 6:47 - He that John 6:68 - thou hast John 12:21 - we would John 14:1 - ye John 14:4 - and the John 17:12 - I kept John 20:31 - believing Acts 16:31 - Believe Acts 27:44 - that Romans 3:28 - General Romans 4:11 - father Romans 5:10 - we shall Romans 8:30 - he justified 1 Corinthians 6:14 - by 1 Corinthians 15:45 - a quickening Galatians 3:22 - to Ephesians 2:8 - through Colossians 3:3 - your Colossians 3:4 - ye 1 Timothy 1:16 - believe 2 Timothy 1:1 - the promise 2 Timothy 1:12 - keep Hebrews 10:39 - but Hebrews 12:2 - Looking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this is the will of him that sent me,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "of my Father"; and all the Oriental versions read only, "and this is the will of my Father"; this is his declared, his revealed will in the Gospel, which the sons of men are made acquainted with, as the other was his secret will, which was only known to the Son till he discovered it.

That everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on him; who so sees him as to believe in him; for this is not to be understood of a corporeal sight of Christ, or of a mere speculative knowledge of him, or historical faith in him; for it is not so to see him, as merely to believe what he is, the Son of God, the Messiah and Saviour of the world, or what he says, but to trust in him for righteousness, life, and happiness. Men are by nature blind, their eyes are shut to all that is spiritually good; it is the Spirit of God that opens blind eyes, and illuminates the understanding: and in his light men see not only themselves, their sin, and want of righteousness, and their lost state and condition, but Christ, and a beauty, glory, and excellency in him, ability and willingness to save, a suitableness in him for them, and a fulness of all grace; they see righteousness, peace, pardon, cleansing, wisdom, strength, grace, life, and salvation, and go out of themselves to him for all: and such a sight, though it may be but glimmering, is saving, and is self-abasing, soul rejoicing, surprising, and transforming; is attended with certainty, reality, and evidence, and is a foretaste of glory; for it is the will of God, and not man, of a gracious Father, of an unchangeable and eternal being, whose will cannot be resisted, and made void, that such

may have everlasting life; which will be a life of glory, and will consist in possessing glory both in soul and body; in beholding glory, the glory of one another, the glory of angels, the glory of divine truths, and mysterious providences, the glory of the divine perfections, and of the Lord Jesus Christ; and it will be a life of perfection, of perfect knowledge, holiness, obedience, love, peace, and joy; a life free from all the miseries and inconveniences of this, both in a natural and spiritual sense; a life of pleasure, and which will last for ever: to which Christ adds,

and I will raise him up at the last day; Christ will be the efficient cause, as well as he is the exemplar, the earnest, and first fruits of the resurrection of the dead; he will indeed raise all the dead by his power, but the saints particularly, by virtue of union to him, as the members of his body, and in the first place; and the very same shall rise, and with the same numerical body, that were given to him, and believe in him: and this will be at the last of the last days, at the end of all things; and is mentioned to show, that length of time will not hinder the resurrection of the dead, and in opposition to a Jewish notion, that the resurrection of the dead would be at the Messiah's coming: it will be at his second coming, but was not to be at his first; there was indeed then a resurrection of some particular persons, but not a general one of all the saints: that the Jews expect the resurrection of the dead when the Messiah comes, appears from their Targums, Talmuds, and other writers; so the Targumist on Hosea 14:8:

"They shall be gathered from their captivity, they shall sit under the shadow of their Messiah, "and the dead shall live", and good shall be multiplied in the land.''

And in the Talmud p it is said,

"the holy blessed God will quicken the righteous, and they shall not return to their dust.''

The gloss upon it is,

"the holy blessed God will quicken them "in the days of" the Messiah.''

And so the land of the living is said to be,

"the land, whose dead live first in the days of the Messiah q.''

And hence R. Jeremiah desired to he buried with his clothes and shoes on, and staff in his hand, that when the Messiah came, he might be ready r with which agree others of the more modern writers; so Kimchi on Isaiah 66:5.

"They shall live at the resurrection of the dead, in the days of the Messiah.''

And the same writer on Jeremiah 23:20 observes it is said,

""ye" shall consider, and not "they" shall consider; which intimates the "resurrection of the dead in the days of the Messiah".''

And says Aben Ezra on Daniel 12:2:

"The righteous which die in captivity shall live, when the Redeemer comes;''

though some of their writers differ in this point, and will not allow the days of the Messiah, and the resurrection of the dead, to be one and the same s.

p T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 92. 1. q T. Hieros. Kilaim, fol. 32. 3. r T. Hieros. Kilaim, foi. 32. 3. col. 2. s Zohar in Gen. fol. 82. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him - It was not sufficient to see him and hear him, but it was necessary, also, to believe on him. Many of the Jews had seen him, but few believed on him. Jesus had said in the previous verse that all that the Father had given him should be saved. But he never left a doctrine so that men must misunderstand it. Lest it should be supposed that if a man was given to him this was all that was needful, and lest anyone should say, “If I am to be saved I shall be, and my efforts will be useless,” he states here that it is necessary that a man should believe on him. This would be the evidence that he was given to God, and this would be evidence conclusive that he would be saved. If this explanation of the Saviour had always been attended to, the doctrine of election would not have been abused as it has been. Sinners would not sit down in unconcern, saying that if they are given to Christ all will be well. They would have arisen like the prodigal, and would have gone to God; and, having believed on the Saviour, they would then have had evidence that they were given to him - the evidence resulting from an humble, penitent, believing heart - and then they might rejoice in the assurance that Jesus would lose none that were given to him, but would raise it up at the last day. All the doctrines of Jesus, as he preached them, are safe, and pure, and consistent; as men preach them, they are, unhappily, often inconsistent and open to objection, and are either fitted to produce despair on the one hand, or presumptuous self-confidence on the ether. Jesus teaches men to strive to enter heaven, as if they could do the work themselves; and yet to depend on the help of God, and give the glory to him, as if he had done it all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 40. This is the will of him that sent me — Lest they should take a wrong meaning out of his words, as many have done since, he tells them that, far from any person being excluded from his mercy, it was the will of God that every one who saw him might believe and be saved. The power, without which they could not believe, he freely gave them; but the use of that power was their own. God gives the grace of repentance and faith to every man; but he neither repents nor believes for any man. Each must repent for his own sins, and believe in the Lord Jesus, through the grace given, or perish.


 
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