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John 8:49-51
New English Translation
John 8:49-51
New English Translation
49 Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon,[a] but I honor my Father—and yet[b] you dishonor me. 50 I am not trying to get[c] praise for myself.[d] There is one who demands[e] it, and he also judges.[f] 51 I tell you the solemn truth,[g] if anyone obeys[h] my teaching,[i] he will never see death.”[j]
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- John 8:49 tn Grk “I do not have a demon.”
- John 8:49 tn “Yet” is supplied to show the contrastive element present in the context.
- John 8:50 tn Grk “I am not seeking.”
- John 8:50 tn Grk “my glory.”
- John 8:50 tn Grk “who seeks.”
- John 8:50 tn Or “will be the judge.”
- John 8:51 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
- John 8:51 tn Grk “If anyone keeps.”
- John 8:51 tn Grk “my word.”
- John 8:51 tn Grk “he will never see death forever.” The Greek negative here is emphatic.sn Those who keep Jesus’ words will not see death because they have already passed from death to life (cf. 5:24). In Johannine theology eternal life begins in the present rather than in the world to come.
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