John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to the Jewish crowd at the pool of Bethesda, immediately after asserting that all must honor the Son as they honor the Father (5:23).

The words — The double ἀμὴν (amēn, "amen") marks a solemn, unrevocable declaration. λὸγον (logon, "word") specifies that the hearing is of Jesus' own word, not generic teaching.

The thread — John 3:36 and 6:40 pair belief in the Son with eternal life in the same present-tense frame; 1 John 5:11 locates that life in the Son.

Why it lands — The verse removes any gap between belief and its result: eternal life is already possessed, judgment is already avoided, and the crossing from death to life is a completed act. It asks the reader to stop treating faith as a ticket to a future state and recognize it as a present reorientation.

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The Greek words

King James Version

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Cross-references

John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 6:40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
1 John 5:11 And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
John 3:18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
John 11:26 And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 6:47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 10:27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 20:31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.