SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:24
De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que oye mi palabra, y cree al que me envi, tiene vida eterna; y no vendr a juicio, mas pas de muerte a vida.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 5:24
Verse 24. He that heareth my word] My doctrine-and believeth on him that sent me-he who credits my Divine mission, that I am come to give light and life to the world by my doctrine and death-hath eternal life-the seed of this life is sown in his heart the moment he believes-and shall not come into condemnation, eiv krisin, into judgment-that which will speedily come on this unbelieving race; and that which shall overwhelm the wicked in the great day. But is passed from death unto life.] metabebhken, Has changed his country, or place of abode. Death is the country where every Christless soul lives. The man who knows not God lives a dying life, or a living death; but he who believes in the Son of God passes over from the empire of death, to the empire of life. Reader! thou wast born in death: hast thou yet changed the place of thy natural residence? Remember that to live in sin is to live in death; and those who live and die thus shall die eternally.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. Verily verily, I say unto you , etc.] Who am the Amen, the true and faithful witness: he that heareth my word ; by which is meant the Gospel, and is so called, both because it is spoken by Christ, and first began to be spoken by him; and because he is spoken of in it; his person, office, and work, peace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation by him, being the sum and substance of it: and by hearing it is meant, not a bare external hearing it; for so it may be heard, and not understood; and it may be understood in a notional and speculative way, and yet the consequences hereafter mentioned may not follow: but an internal hearing it is here designed, so as to understand it spiritually, or to have an experimental knowledge of it; so as to approve of it, love, and like it; to distinguish it from that which is not his doctrine, and to feel the power of it on the heart, and yield the obedience of faith unto it: for faith in Christ himself, the sum and substance of the word of the Gospel, is hereby expressed; to which is joined faith in God his Father, they being equally the object of it; and which is introduced as a further proof of the equality in nature which is between them; (see John 14:1); and believeth on him that sent me ; he does not say that believes on me, which might have been expected from him; but that believes on him that sent me, that is, on the Father; for as he that rejects Christ, and receives not his words, rejects and receives not him that sent him; so he that hears Christs words, and receives him, and believes in him, receives and believes in him that sent him; and the same effects and consequences follow upon the one as on the other, upon hearing the word of Christ, as upon believing on the Father of Christ; and which is no inconsiderable proof of their perfect equality: for such a person that hears the one, and believes on the other, hath everlasting life ; not only in the purpose of God, and in the covenant of his grace, and in the hands of Christ, and in faith and hope; but he has a right unto it, and a claim of it, according to the declaration of the Gospel; and besides, has the principle of it in himself, the grace of God, which springs up into, is the beginning of, and issues in eternal life; he has also a meetness for it, and has the pledge and earnest of it, the Spirit of God, and shall certainly enjoy it: and shall not come into condemnation ; neither for original sin, though judgment has passed upon all men unto condemnation for it; nor for actual sins and transgressions: for though everyone deserves condemnation, yet were there as many sentences of condemnation issued out as sins committed, not one of them could be executed on such who are in Christ Jesus, as he that believes in him is openly and manifestatively in him: the reason is, because the death of Christ is a security against all condemnation; and whoever believes in him shall not be condemned, but saved; and though he may come into judgment, yet not into condemnation: he shall stand in judgment, and be acquitted by the righteousness of Christ, which he, by faith, receives as his justifying righteousness. But is passed from death unto life ; both from a moral death to a spiritual life, being quickened, who before was dead in trespasses and sins; and from under a sentence of condemnation, and eternal death, which as a descendant of Adam, and according to the tenor of the law of works, he was subject to, to an open state of justification, according to the tenor of the covenant of grace; the righteousness of Christ being revealed to him, and received by faith, and the sentence of justification passed upon his conscience by the Spirit; so that he who before, in his own apprehension, was a dead man in a law sense, is now alive to God, and secure from the second death, and being hurt by it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-29 - Our Lord declared his authority and character, as the Messiah. The tim was come when the dead should hear his voice, as the Son of God, an live. Our Lord first refers to his raising those who were dead in sin to newness of life, by the power of the Spirit, and then to his raisin the dead in their graves. The office of Judge of all men, can only be exercised by one who has all knowledge, and almighty power. May we believe His testimony; thus our faith and hope will be in God, and we shall not come into condemnation. And may His voice reach the hearts of those dead in sin; that they may do works meet for repentance, an prepare for the solemn day.
Greek Textus Receptus
αμην 281 HEB αμην 281 HEB λεγω 3004 5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν 5213 P-2DP οτι 3754 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM τον 3588 T-ASM λογον 3056 N-ASM μου 3450 P-1GS ακουων 191 5723 V-PAP-NSM και 2532 CONJ πιστευων 4100 5723 V-PAP-NSM τω 3588 T-DSM πεμψαντι 3992 5660 V-AAP-DSM με 3165 P-1AS εχει 2192 5719 V-PAI-3S ζωην 2222 N-ASF αιωνιον 166 A-ASF και 2532 CONJ εις 1519 PREP κρισιν 2920 N-ASF ουκ 3756 PRT-N ερχεται 2064 5736 V-PNI-3S αλλα 235 CONJ μεταβεβηκεν 3327 5758 V-RAI-3S εκ 1537 PREP του 3588 T-GSM θανατου 2288 N-GSM εις 1519 PREP την 3588 T-ASF ζωην 2222 N-ASF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
24. Heareth. Closely connected with believeth.Hath eternal life. See on iii. 36.
Shall not come into condemnation (eijv krisin oujk ercetai). The present tense, cometh not. So Rev. Not condemnation, but judgment, as Rev. See on iii. 17. Wyc., cometh not into doom. The present, cometh, states the general principle or order.
From death (ek qanatou). Rev., correctly, out of death, pointing to the previous condition in which he was.
Life (thn zwhn). The life; the ideal of perfect life.
