João 8:51

51 Asseguro que, se alguém obedecer à minha palavra, jamais verá a morte”.

João 8:51 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:51

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.

João 8:51 In-Context

49 Disse Jesus: “Não estou endemoninhado! Ao contrário, honro o meu Pai, e vocês me desonram.

50 Não estou buscando glória para mim mesmo; mas há quem a busque e julgue.

51 Asseguro que, se alguém obedecer à minha palavra, jamais verá a morte”.

52 Diante disso, os judeus exclamaram: “Agora sabemos que você está endemoninhado! Abraão morreu, bem como os profetas, mas você diz que, se alguém obedecer à sua palavra, nunca experimentará a morte.

53 Você é maior do que o nosso pai Abraão? Ele morreu, bem como os profetas. Quem você pensa que é?”