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Joh_5:24. The οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖ now receives—and that, too, with increasing solemnity of discourse—its more minute explanation, both as to the subjects whom it specifies ( ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων , κ . τ . λ .), and as to the ζωοποίησις itself ( ἔχει ζωὴν ).
ἀκούων is simply heareth, but is closely connected with the following καὶ πιστεύων (comp. Mat_13:19 ff.), and thereby receives its definite reference. For the opposite, see Joh_12:47.
ἔχει ζ . αἰ .] The ζωοποιεῖν is accomplished in him; he has eternal life (Joh_3:15), i.e. the higher spiritual ζωή , which, upon his entrance into the Messiah’s kingdom, reaches its consummation in glorious Messianic ζωή . He has, in that he is become a believer, passed from the spiritual death (see on Joh_5:21) into the eternal life (the ζωὴ κατʼ ἐξοχήν ), and cometh not into (condemnatory, comp. Joh_3:18) judgment, because he has already attained unto that life.[210] The result of this is: θάνατον οὐ μὴ θεωρήσῃ , Joh_8:51. On the Perfect μεταβέβ ., see Joh_3:18; 1Jn_3:14.
[210] Melancthon: “Postquam illuxit fides seu fiducia Christi in corde, qua agnoscimus nos vere a Deo recipi, exaudiri, regi, defendi, sequitur pax et laetitia, quae est inchoatio vitae aeternae et tegit peccata, quae adhuc in imbecillitate nostra haerent.” Baur is wrong in concluding from such passages (comp. Joh_8:51, Joh_9:26) that our evangelist verges closely on the doctrine of the Gnostics, 2Ti_2:18.