Juan 8:51

51 En verdad, en verdad os digo que si alguno guarda mi palabra, no verá jamás la muerte.

Juan 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.

Juan 8:51 In-Context

49 Jesús respondió: Yo no tengo ningún demonio, sino que honro a mi Padre, y vosotros me deshonráis a mí.

50 Pero yo no busco mi gloria; hay Uno que la busca, y juzga.

51 En verdad, en verdad os digo que si alguno guarda mi palabra, no verá jamás la muerte.

52 Los judíos le dijeron: Ahora sí sabemos que tienes un demonio. Abraham murió, y también los profetas, y tú dices: "Si alguno guarda mi palabra no probará jamás la muerte."

53 ¿Eres tú acaso mayor que nuestro padre Abraham que murió? Los profetas también murieron; ¿quién crees que eres?