John 5:24

ὁ τ. λ. μ. ἀκούων. This shews that οὓς θέλει (John 5:21) implies no arbitrary selection. Each decides for himself whether he will hear and believe and thus have life.

πιστ. τῷ πέμψαντι. Believeth Him that sent (see on John 1:33). Here and John 8:31; Acts 16:34; Acts 18:8; Titus 2:8, the A.V. renders πιστ. τινί, ‘to believe a man’s word,’ as if it were πιστ. εἴς τινα, ‘to believe on a man.’ Here the meaning is, ‘believeth God’s word respecting His Son:’ see on John 1:12; John 6:20.

ἔχει. ζ. αἰών. Hath it already: see on John 3:36; John 3:16.

εἰς κρ. οὐκ ἔρχ. Cometh not into judgment.

μεταβ. κ.τ.λ. Is passed over out of death into life: comp. John 13:1; 1 John 3:14. This cannot refer to the resurrection of the body: it is equivalent to escaping judgment and obtaining eternal life; shewing that the death is spiritual and the resurrection spiritual also.