Jesus gives true Life

John 14:6-7 (KJV): 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995 (electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of the 1611 Authorized Version.). Bellingham WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

Key Words

1. 1: 3598. hodos, hod-os´; appar. a primary word; a road; by impl. a progress (the route, act or distance); fig. a mode or means:— journey, (high-) way.
   Strong, J. (1997, c1996). The new Strong's dictionary of Hebrew and Greek words (H8674). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
2. 2: aletheia (ἀλήθεια, 225), “truth,” is used (a) objectively, signifying “the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter” (Cremer), e.g., Rom. 9:1; 2 Cor. 11:10; especially of Christian doctrine, e.g., Gal. 2:5, where “the truth of the Gospel” denotes the “true” teaching of the Gospel, in contrast to perversions of it; Rom. 1:25, where “the truth of God” may be “the truth concerning God” or “God whose existence is a verity”; but in Rom. 15:8 “the truth of God” is indicative of His faithfulness in the fulfillment of His promises as exhibited in Christ; the word has an absolute force in John 14:6; 17:17; 18:37, 38; in Eph. 4:21, where the rv, “even as truth is in Jesus,” gives the correct rendering, the meaning is not merely ethical “truth,” but “truth” in all its fullness and scope, as embodied in Him; He was the perfect expression of the truth; this is virtually equivalent to His statement in John 14:6; (b) subjectively, “truthfulness,” “truth,” not merely verbal, but sincerity and integrity of character, John 8:44; 3 John 3, rv; (C) in phrases, e.g., “in truth” (epi, “on the basis of”), Mark 12:14; Luke 20:21; with en, “in,” 2 Cor. 6:7; Col. 1:6; 1 Tim. 2:7, rv (kjv, “in … verity”), 1 John 3:18; 2 John 1, 3, 4.
   Vine, W. E., Unger, M. F., & White, W. (1996). Vine's complete expository dictionary of Old and New Testament words (2:645). Nashville: T. Nelson.
3. A. Nouns
   3: 1. zoe (ζωή, 2222) (Eng., “zoo,” “zoology”) is used in the NT “of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself, and which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself, John 5:26, and which the Son manifested in the world, 1 John 1:2. From this life man has become alienated in consequence of the Fall, Eph. 4:18, and of this life men become partakers through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, John 3:15, who becomes its Author to all such as trust in Him, Acts 3:15, and who is therefore said to be ‘the life’ of the believer, Col. 3:4, for the life that He gives He maintains, John 6:35, 63. Eternal life is the present actual possession of the believer because of his relationship with Christ, John 5:24; 1 John 3:14, and that it will one day extend its domain to the sphere of the body is assured by the Resurrection of Christ, 2 Cor. 5:4; 2 Tim. 1:10. This life is not merely a principle of power and mobility, however, for it has moral associations which are inseparable from it, as of holiness and righteousness. Death and sin, life and holiness, are frequently contrasted in the Scriptures. “Zoe is also used of that which is the common possession of all animals and men by nature, Acts 17:25; 1 John 5:16, and of the present sojourn of man upon the earth with reference to its duration, Luke 16:25; 1 Cor. 15:19; 1 Tim. 4:8; 1 Pet. 3:10. ‘This life’ is a term equivalent to ‘the gospel,’ ‘the faith,’ ‘Christianity,’ Acts 5:20.”* Death came through sin, Rom. 5:12, which is rebellion against God. Sin thus involved the forfeiting of the “life.” “The life of the flesh is in the blood,” Lev. 17:11. Therefore the impartation of “life” to the sinner must be by a death caused by the shedding of that element which is the life of the flesh. “It is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life” (id. rv). The separation from God caused by the forfeiting of the “life” could be removed only by a sacrifice in which the victim and the offerer became identified. This which was appointed in the typical offerings in Israel received its full accomplishment in the voluntary sacrifice of Christ. The shedding of the blood in the language of Scripture involves the taking or the giving of the “life.” Since Christ had no sins of his own to die for, His death was voluntary and vicarious, John 10:15 with Isa. 53:5, 10, 12; 2 Cor. 5:21. In His sacrifice He endured the divine judgment due to man’s sin. By this means the believer becomes identified with Him in His deathless “life,” through His resurrection, and enjoys conscious and eternal fellowship with God.
   2. bios (βίος, 979) (cf. Eng. words beginning with bio), is used in three respects (a) of “the period or duration of life,” e.g., in the kjv of 1 Pet. 4:3, “the time past of our life” (the rv follows the mss. which omit “of our life”); Luke 8:14; 2 Tim. 2:4; (b) of “the manner of life, life in regard to its moral conduct,” 1 Tim. 2:2; 1 John 2:16; (c) of “the means of life, livelihood, maintenance, living,” Mark 12:44; Luke 8:43; 15:12, 30; 21:4; 1 John 3:17, “goods,” rv (kjv, “good”). See goods.¶
   Note: “While zoe is ‘life’ intensive … bios is ‘life’ extensive.… In bios, used as manner of ‘life,’ there is an ethical sense often inhering which, in classical Greek at least, zoe does not possess.” In Scripture zoe is “the nobler word, expressing as it continually does, all of highest and best which the saints possess in God” (Trench, Syn. Sec.xxvii).
   3. psuche (ψυχή, 5590), besides its meanings, “heart, mind, soul,” denotes “life” in two chief respects, (a) “breath of life, the natural life,” e.g., Matt. 2:20; 6:25; Mark 10:45; Luke 12:22; Acts 20:10; Rev. 8:9; 12:11 (cf. Lev. 17:11; Esth. 8:11); (b) “the seat of personality,” e.g., Luke 9:24, explained in v. 25 as “own self” See list under soul. See also heart, mind.
   Notes: (1) “Speaking generally, psuche, is the individual life, the living being, whereas zoe, is the life of that being, cf. Ps. 66:9, ‘God … which holdeth our soul (psuche in life (zoe),’ and John 10:10, ‘I came that they may have life (zoe),’ with v. 11, ‘The Good Shepherd layeth down His life (psuche) for the sheep.’”† (2) In Rev. 13:15, kjv, pneuma, “breath,” is translated “life” (rv, “breath”). (3) In 2 Cor. 1:8, “we despaired even of life,” the verb zao, “to live,” is used in the infinitive mood, as a noun, and translated “life” (lit., “living”). In Heb. 2:15 the infinitive mood of the same verb is translated “lifetime.”
   4. biosis (βίωσις, 981), from bioo, “to spend one’s life, to live,” denotes “a manner of life,” Acts 26:4.¶
   5. agoge (ἀγωγή, 72), “a manner of life,” 2 Tim. 3:10; see conduct.
   6. anastrophe (ἀναστροφή, 391), “behavior, conduct,” is translated “manner of life” (kjv “conversation”) in the rv of Gal. 1:13; 1 Tim. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:18; 3:16; “living,” in 1 Pet. 1:15. See behavior.
   B. Adjectives.
   1. biotikos (βιωτικός, 982), “pertaining to life” (bios), is translated “of this life,” in Luke 21:34, with reference to cares; in 1 Cor. 6:3 “(things) that pertain to this life,” and v. 4, “(things) pertaining to this life,” i.e., matters of this world, concerning which Christians at Corinth were engaged in public lawsuits one with another; such matters were to be regarded as relatively unimportant in view of the great tribunals to come under the jurisdiction of saints hereafter. Moulton and Milligan (Vocab.) illustrate the word from phrases in the papyri, e.g., “business (documents)”; “business concerning my livelihood”; “(stories) of ordinary life.”
   2. apsuchos (ἄψυχος, 895) denotes “lifeless inanimate” (a, negative, and psuche, see A, No. 3), “without life,” 1 Cor. 14:7. C. Verb.
   zoopoieo (ζωοποιέω, 2227), “to make alive, cause to live, quicken” (from zoe, “life,” and poieo, “to make”), is used as follows: “
   (a) of God as the bestower of every kind of life in the universe, 1 Tim. 6:13 (zoogoneo, to preserve alive, is the alternative reading adopted by most editors; see live, No. 6), and, particularly, of resurrection life, John 5:21; Rom. 4:17;
   (b) of Christ, who also is the bestower of resurrection life, John 5:21 (2nd part); 1 Cor. 15:45; cf. v. 22;
   (c) of the resurrection of Christ in “the body of His glory,” 1 Pet. 3:18;
   (d) of the power of reproduction inherent in seed, which presents a certain analogy with resurrection, 1 Cor. 15:36;
   (e) of the ‘changing,’ or ‘fashioning anew,’ of the bodies of the living, which corresponds with, and takes place at the same time as, the resurrection of the dead in Christ, Rom. 8:11; (f) of the impartation of spiritual life, and the communication of spiritual sustenance generally, John 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6; Gal. 3:2.* See quicken, and cf. sunzoopoieo, “to quicken together with,” Eph. 2:5 and Col. 2:13.
   Vine, W. E., Unger, M. F., & White, W. (1996). Vine's complete expository dictionary of Old and New Testament words (2:367-369). Nashville: T. Nelson.

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