Robertson Word Pictures - John 3:15 - 3:15

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Robertson Word Pictures - John 3:15 - 3:15


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That whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life (hina pas ho pisteuōn en autōi echēi zōēn aiōnion). Final use of hina with present active subjunctive of echō, that he may keep on having eternal life (a frequent phrase in John, always in John aiōnios occurs with zōē, 16 times in the Gospel, 6 in 1John, ageless or endless life, beginning now and lasting forever). It is more than endless, for it is sharing in the life of God in Christ (Joh 5:26; Joh 17:3; 1Jo 5:12). So here en autōi (in him) is taken with echēi rather than with pisteuōn. The interview with Nicodemus apparently closes with Joh 3:15. In Joh 3:16-21 we have past tenses constantly as is natural for the reflection of John, but unnatural for Jesus speaking. There are phrases like the Prologue (Joh 3:19; Joh 1:9-11). “Only begotten” does not occur elsewhere in the words of Jesus, but is in Joh 1:14, Joh 1:18; 1Jo 4:9. John often puts in explanatory comments (Joh 1:16-18; Joh 12:37-41).