Should have eternal life (εχη ζωην αιωνιον). Present active subjunctive with ινα, "that he may keep on having eternal life" as in …

Everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on him. It was not sufficient to see him and hear him, but it was necessary, also, to beli…

And this is the will of him that sent me.—Read, For this is the will of My Father. (See John 6:39.) The common t…

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do min…

St. John Chrysostom: Our Lord now proceeds to reveal mysteries and first speaks of His divinity. And Jesus said to them, I…

Six times in this immediate context Jesus says that he “came down from heaven” (vv.33, 38, 41, 50, 51, 58). His claim to heavenly origin is unmista…

And this is the will of him who sent me. He had said that the Father had committed to Him the protection of our salvation; and now He also…

And this is the will of him that sent me
The Vulgate Latin adds, "of my Father"; and all the Oriental versions read …

The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes people willing and glad to come, and to give up everyth…

1. Having told us the question the Jews had asked Christ, the Evangelist now gives his answer.

   First, Christ tells us of the origin o…