John 17:3 BSB — MannaFest

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

BSB

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ASV

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

KJV

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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Commentary

6 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies 4.1.2 (202)

Now to whom is it not clear, that if the Lord had known many fathers and gods, He would not have taught His disciples to know [only] one God, and to call Him alone Father? But He did the rather distinguish those who by word merely (verbo tenus) are termed gods, from Him who is truly God, that they should not err as to His doctrine, nor understand one [in mistake] for another.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Christ's dominion over the children of men is in order to the salvation of the children of God. All things are for their sakes, 2 Cor. iv. All Christ's laws, ordinances, and promises, which are given to all, are designed effectually to convey spiritual life, and secure eternal life, to all that were given to Christ; he is head over all things to the church.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We are therefore concerned to know Christ as our Redeemer, by whom alone we can now have access to God; it is life eternal to believe in Christ; and this he has undertaken to give to as many as were given him. Those that are acquainted with God and Christ are already in the suburbs of life eternal.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This is life eternal - This is the source of eternal life; or it is in this manner that it is to be obtained. The knowledge of God and of his Son Jesus Christ is itself a source of unspeakable and eternal joy. Compare Joh 11:25; Joh 6:63; Joh 12:

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2396: “Eternal Life!” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1895)

OUR subject this morning [Sermon #1946, Volume 33—Eternal Life within Present Grasp] was concerning laying hold on eternal life, and I thought that I would say a little more, tonight, about eternal life. Many people, when they hear or read that expression, suppose that it means Heaven. It does mean that, but it means much more. Eternal life commences here—it begins in the Believer as soon as he is born again. Then he receives into him that same life which he will have throughout eternity! Eternal life is not a thing of changes.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
αὕτη	hautē	This	G3778 →
δέ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
αἰώνιος	aiōnios	eternal	G166 →
ζωὴ	zōē	life	G2222 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
γινώσκωσιν	ginōskōsin	they may know	G1097 →
σὲ	se	You	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
μόνον	monon	only	G3441 →
ἀληθινὸν	alēthinon	true	G228 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
ἀπέστειλας	apesteilas	You have sent	G649 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστόν.	Christon	Christ.	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
leads to
- 1 John 4:14
  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Luke 19:10
  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- John 12:47–48
  As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 6:57
  Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
- John 6:40
  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.”
Through
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
leads to
- Luke 24:45
  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- John 14:9
  Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the…
- 1 Timothy 3:16
  By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world,…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About John