John 5:24

“Verily verily, I say unto you, etc.] Who am the Amen, the true and faithful witness: he that heareth my word; by which is meant the Gospel, and is so called, both because it is spoken by Christ, and first began to be spoken by him; and because he is spoken of in it; his person, office, and work, peace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation by him, being the sum and substance of it: and by “hearing” it is meant, not a bare external hearing it; for so it may be heard, and not understood; and it may be understood in a notional and speculative way, and yet the consequences hereafter mentioned may not follow: but an internal hearing it is here designed, so as to understand it spiritually, or…”

“believeth on him that sent me--that is, believeth in Him as having sent Me. I have spoken of the Son's right not only to heal the sick but to raise from the dead, and quicken whom He will: And now I say unto you, That life-giving operation has already passed upon all who receive My words as the Sent of the Father on the great errand of mercy. hath everlasting life--immediately on his believing (compare Joh 3:18; Jo1 5:12-13). is passed--"hath passed over" from death unto life--What a transition! (Compare Jo1 3:14).”

“He that heareth my word - To “hear,” in this place, evidently denotes not the outward act of hearing, but to receive in a proper manner; to suffer it to make its proper impression on the mind; to obey. The word “hear” is often used in this sense, Matthew 11:15; John 8:47; Acts 3:23. Many persons outwardly hear the gospel who neither understand nor obey it. My word - My doctrine, my teaching. All that Jesus taught about Himself, as well as about the Father. On him that sent me - On the Father, who, in the plan of redemption, is represented as “sending” his Son to save men. See John 3:17. Faith in God, who sent his Son, is here represented as being connected with everlasting life; but there…”

“And cometh not into condemnation - Unless he make shipwreck of the faith. John 5:25”

“5:24 Jesus is the giver of life as well as the judge (see 5:21-22), but he never works independently of the Father.”

“He that: Joh 3:16, Joh 3:18, Joh 3:36, Joh 6:40, Joh 6:47, Joh 8:51, Joh 11:26, Joh 12:44, Joh 20:31; Mar 16:16; Rom 10:11-13; Pe1 1:21; Jo1 5:1, Jo1 5:11-13 and shall not: Joh 10:27-30; Rom 8:1, Rom 8:16, Rom 8:17, Rom 8:28-30, Rom 8:33, Rom 8:34; Th1 5:9; Th2 2:13, Th2 2:14; Pe1 1:5 but: Jo1 3:14 John 5:25”