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John 10:28. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
2 mar 2005 · 10:1 J. H. Bernard maintained that the double ajmhvn never introduces a totally new topic in the Fourth Gospel. 96 In both 3:11 and 5:19 it represents only a new stage in Jesus' comments on the same topic already under discussion.
1. (1-2) Jesus is the true, legitimate shepherd, who enters in the way that is proper and prepared. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.”. a.
2 mar 2022 · Each section of this text begins with the phrase “Amen, amen.” (Translated as “very truly” in verses 1 and 7 in the NRSV.) The phrase informs us that what comes next is important and authoritative. We often use “listen” similarly. Verses 1-7 are in the form of a figure of speech (NRSV).
1 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
The eternal life granted by Jesus to His "sheep"—to true believers (John 3:16–18)—cannot and will not ever be stolen, revoked, or lost. This same Greek phrase also echoes Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:16).
It means that Jesus has them safely in his own care and keeping. Compare Romans 8:38-39. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary. 28. I give unto them eternal life—not "will give them"; for it is a present gift. (See on [1822]Joh 3:36; [1823]Joh 5:24). It is a very grand utterance, couched in the language of majestic authority.
