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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Verily, verily, I say unto you,.... This is a certain truth, and to be depended on: he that believeth on me hath everlasting life; not only he may have it, as in John 6:40, and shall have it, but he has it; he has it in Christ, his head and representative; he has it in the covenant of grace; he has it in faith and hope; he has a right unto it, and a meetness for it; he has the earnest of it, the...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. The miracle of the loaves, ver. 1-14. II. Christ's walking upon the water, ver. 15-21. III. The people's flocking after him to Capernaum, ver. 22-25. IV. His conference with them, occasioned by the miracle of the loaves, in which he reproves them for seeking carnal food, and directs them to spiritual food (ver. 26, 27), showing them how they must labour for spiritual...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Verily, verily, I say unto you, — Jesus uttered this great truth with very special emphasis: “Verily, verily, I say unto you,” — Joh_6:47. He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. That text is worthy to be printed in letters of gold, and then the letters would be far inferior to the message itself. If it be written on all your hearts by the Holy Spirit, you will not need any other sermon...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. This was how our Lord spoke straight to the face of those who had derided him, and said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ?” With the strongest asseveration which he was in the habit of using, he says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. Let me read those precious words again, catch at them, you timid and trembling ones: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath “ — now, in present possession, — “everlasting life.”

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Not that any man hath seen the Father save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. One of the richest passages surely of all holy Scripture. It is all marrow and fatness, but here you seem to have the quintessence. We have eternal life if we are believers not shall have it, but have it now. We have a life which is...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. This is a grand saying, can you not catch the truth it reveals? Whatever deficiencies there may be in you, if you believe on Christ, you have everlasting life, — not a life which you can lose, or which will die out, but everlasting life; and we-are not among those who clip the wings of that great word “everlasting.” We...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. He has it even now in possession; a life that can never die out is in the breast of every man who believes in Christ. Oh, what a joy is this!