God & Savior

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:28
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Study notes

Jesus gives His sheep eternal life; they will never perish, and no one can snatch them out of His hand.

Explanation

Jesus continues His answer from 10:27. He promises His sheep life that lasts forever and complete security. Verse 29 adds that no one can snatch them out of the Father's hand either.

Original language
  • ζωὴν (zōēn): life
    Greek · Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · Strong's G2222 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Life.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 10:28, word 4

  • αἰώνιον (aiōnion): eternal
    Greek · Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine · Strong's G0166 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Eternal.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 10:28, word 5

  • ἀπόλωνται (apolōntai): to destroy
    Greek · Verb, 2nd aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd person plural · Strong's G0622 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    They shall perish.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 10:28, word 9

  • ἁρπάσει (harpasei): to seize
    Greek · Verb, future, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G0726 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Will snatch, seize.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 10:28, word 15

  • χειρός (cheiros): hand
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G5495 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Hand.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, John 10:28, word 20

Cross-references
  • John 10:29 · Surrounding passage

    No one can snatch them out of My Father's hand.

  • Romans 8:38-39 · Same theme

    Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

  • John 6:39 · Same theme

    I shall lose none of those He has given Me.

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

κἀγὼ δίδωμι αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπόλωνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου.

  1. κἀγὼkagō“and I myself”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular + Conjunction · from κἀγώ · “and I” · Strong's G1473
  2. δίδωμιdidōmi“give”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person singular · “to give” · Strong's G1325
  3. αὐτοῖςautois“to them”
    Personal pronoun, dative, plural, neuter · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  4. ζωὴνzōēn“life”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from ζωή · “life” · Strong's G2222
  5. αἰώνιον,aiōnion“eternal,”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine · from αἰώνιος · “eternal” · Strong's G0166
  6. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  7. οὐou“certainly”
    Particle, negative · “no” · Strong's G3756
  8. μὴmē“not”
    Particle, negative · from μή · “not” · Strong's G3361
  9. ἀπόλωνταιapolōntai“shall they perish”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd person plural · from ἀπολλύω · “to destroy” · Strong's G0622
  10. εἰςeis“to”
    Preposition · “toward” · Strong's G1519
  11. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  12. αἰῶνα,aiōna“age,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αἰών · “an age” · Strong's G0165H
  13. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  14. οὐχouch“never”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  15. ἁρπάσειharpasei“will seize”
    Verb, future, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἁρπάζω · “to seize” · Strong's G0726
  16. τιςtis“anyone”
    Indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “one” · Strong's G5100
  17. αὐτὰauta“them”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  18. ἐκek“out of”
    Preposition · “out from” · Strong's G1537
  19. τῆςtēs“the”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  20. χειρόςcheiros“hand”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from χείρ · “hand” · Strong's G5495
  21. μου.mou“of Me.”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)