the general setting of the work of Christ in the love and judgement of God." Theologian Larry Hurtado sees the verse as reflecting Jesus' importance in Christianity. Eternal life is a dominant theme throughout John's entire Gospel, and its first appearance in the Gospel is in this verse. In Christianity, it is thought that believing in Jesus grants eternal life to the believer. One of the verses pivotal to the Johannine theology, it concerns God's motive for sending Jesus. John 3:16 has been termed as "the golden text of the Bible", "the gospel in a nutshell", and "everyman's text". John the Evangelist is thought to have written the verse himself And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.įor God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum (in some versions, unicum) daret: ut omnis qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam.įor God louede so þe world that he ȝaf his oon bigetun sone þat ech man þat bileueþ in him perische not but haue euerlastynge lijf.įor God so loveth the worlde yͭ he hath geven his only sonne that none that beleve in him shuld perisshe: but shuld have everlastinge lyfe.įor so God loued the world, that he gaue his only-begotten Sonne that euery one that beleeueth in him, perish not, but may haue life euerlasting.įor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.įor God did so love the world, that His Son - the only begotten - He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.įor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.įor God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.įor God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.įor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.įor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Hāḵanā gér ʼaḥeḇ ʼalāhā lʻālmā ʼaykanā dlaḇreh yḥyḏāyā yetel dkul man damhaymen beh lā naḇaḏ élā nehwuwn leh ḥayé dalʻālam. Hoútōs gàr ēgápēsen ho theòs ton kósmon, hṓste tòn huiòn tòn monogenê édōken, hína pâs ho pisteúōn eis autòn mḕ apólētai all᾽ ékhēi zōḕn aiṓnion. Some of translations for the verse have been provided as below: Language(s) or distinctive feature(s) He also criticised Nicodemus for his lack in the understanding of theology. Jesus then spoke about salvation and of the damnation that those who do not believe in him will face. He then added: "For no-one could perform the miraculous signs he was doing if God were not with him." They then discussed the need to be born again before being able to see the Kingdom of God and where the spirit goes after the death of the body. Nicodemus said he knew Jesus was "a teacher who came from God". Later, Nicodemus became a follower of Jesus. To avoid trouble with other Pharisees, Nicodemus came to Jesus at night it is the only time a Pharisee is presented positively in the presence of Jesus. It was known for its strict adherence to the halakha (Jewish law), and for its highly oppositional attitudes of the ministry of Jesus. Nicodemus was a member of the Pharisees, a Jewish religious movement in Second Temple Judaism. Unlike Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Gospel of John is the only one to mention Jesus' life not in chronological order. The meeting, likely in Jerusalem, is part of the passion of Jesus. Nicodemus is never mentioned in the synoptic Gospels, and this is one of four times John mentions him: the others are 2:23–25, where he appeared but was unmentioned 7:50 and 19:39. The third chapter of the Gospel of John begins with the conversation between Nicodemus, a Pharisee, and Jesus, a Jewish itinerant preacher. Jesus (left) and Nicodemus at night, depicted by William Hole
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