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Lightfoot, R. H. (edited by C.F. Evans) St. John's Gospel: A commentary with the text of the Revised version London: Oxford University Press, 1960, page 297. This eternal life is defined as a growing knowledge . . .
Morris, Leon. The Gospel According to John The International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1971, page 719.
. . . Jesus has in mind an ever increasing knowledge, not something given in its completeness once and for all.
Tasker, R. V. G. The Gospel According to St. John: An Introduction and Commentary The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1960, page 291
In the Greek the verb is in the present subjunctive, indicating that the knowledge is a growing experience.
Tenny, Merrill C. The Gospel of John In The Expositors Bible Commentary Vol. 9, Edited by Frank Gaebelein Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981, page 162
. . . eternal life . . . is endless, since the knowledge of God would require an eternity to develop fully . . .
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