Discovery BoxJohn 8:51 
Context8:51 I tell you the solemn truth, 1 if anyone obeys 2 my teaching, 3 he will never see death.” 4
John 10:31
Context10:31 The Jewish leaders 5 picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
John 12:33
Context12:33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.) 6
1 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
2 tn Grk “If anyone keeps.”
3 tn Grk “my word.”
4 tn Grk “he will never see death forever.” The Greek negative here is emphatic.
sn Those who keep Jesus’ words will not see death because they have already passed from death to life (cf. 5:24). In Johannine theology eternal life begins in the present rather than in the world to come.
5 tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrases “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in v. 24.
6 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
