Passage

John 10.28

Book: John · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

26. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. 27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28. and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30. I and the Father are one. (John 10:26-30, ASV)

WEB

26. But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. 27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

28. I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30. I and the Father are one.” (John 10:26-30, WEB)

KJV

26. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30. I and my Father are one. (John 10:26-30, KJV)

YLT

26. but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, 27. according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

28. and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish, to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father; 30. I and the Father are one.' (John 10:26-30, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

G0166 - aionios, aionios, Strong's G0166
G0622 - apollymi, apollymi, Strong's G0622
G0165 - aion, aion, Strong's G0165
G2222 - zoe, zoe, Strong's G2222

Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

Concepts:

Calvinism, via John 10.28-29
Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Molinism vs Open Theism, via John 10.28-29
Canons of Dort, via John 10.28-29
Conditional Immortality
Jesus Said, via John 10

Lexicon:

G0622 - apollymi, via John 10.28-29

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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