John 8:51

Jesus answered, if I honour myself, my honour is nothing,.... It is empty and vain, and will not continue; see Co2 10:18;

it is my Father that honoureth me: by a voice from heaven, both at his…

If a man keep my saying - If he believes on me and obeys my commandments. He shall never see death - To see death, or to taste of death, is the same as to die, Luk 2:26; Mat 16:28; Mar 9:1. The sense…

Shall never see death - As Moses promised a long life, with abundance of temporal blessings, to those who should keep his statutes and ordinances, so he who keeps my doctrine shall not only have a…

In these verses we have,

I. The doctrine of the immortality of believers laid down, Joh 8:51. It is ushered in with the usual solemn preface, Verily, verily, I say unto you, which commands both…

If a man keep my saying Better, if a man keep My word. This is important, to shew the connexion with Joh 8:31; Joh 8:43 and also with Joh 5:24. In all these the same Greek word is used, logos. The…