whosoever = every one who. As here defined. believeth in. See App-150. (See note on Joh_1:7.) L reads epi; Lm T Tr. A WI and R read en. but have. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), for emph. The phrases "bath", "have eternal life", are the usual expressions in this Gospel for "live for ever "(App-151. a). Compare verses: Joh_3:16, Joh_3:36; Joh_5:24; Joh_6:40, Joh_6:47, Joh_6:54; 1Jn_3:15; 1Jn_3:5, 1Jn_3:11.
eternal. Greek. aionios.App-151. i: i.e. in Him. Compare 1Jn_5:12.