John 8:51
In truth I tell you, if anyone lays my message to heart, he will never really die.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
In Context
50Not that I am seeking honor for myself; there is one who is seeking my honor, and he decides.
Cross References
Psalms 89:48Who can live without seeing death? Who can rescue their life from the clutch of Sheol? Selah
John 3:15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
John 6:50The bread that comes down from heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.
John 8:55and yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his message to heart.
John 15:20Remember what I said to you – ‘A servant is not greater than their master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.
Matthew Henry on John 8:49-51
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having… Read the whole commentary →