μεταβέβηκεν (metabebeken) in John 5:24: Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal idea. The verse determines how strongly the verbal form should be pressed.

Perfect: the form presents a completed action or state with present relevance, but context controls the force.

Active: voice describes how the subject relates to the verbal action in this form.

Indicative: the form's mood helps explain how the verbal idea functions in the clause.

Third Person: the form marks who is involved in the verbal assertion, command, or clause.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is marked for grammatical number and should be tied to the subject or clause it serves.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

The assurance statement about passing from death into life

Jesus' indicative declaration in John 5:24

μεταβέβηκεν is a Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative within "εἰς κρίσιν οὐκ ἔρχεται, ἀλλὰ μεταβέβηκεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν". The perfect active indicative presents the passing from death into life as a completed reality in Jesus' statement.

The perfect tense should not be turned into an isolated formula for assurance apart from hearing, believing, and Jesus' promise in the verse.

High: The form matters because it functions as predicate in John 5:24.

Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative. states the completed transfer described in the verse. Attached to the assurance statement about passing from death into life. Governed by Jesus' indicative declaration in John 5:24. The syntax should be explained from the clause, not isolated from the passage.

What has happened to the one who hears and believes? The perfect verb presents the person as having passed from death into life.

Direct: The form directly supports has passed from death to life.

The same morphology label can function differently in another verse. The immediate wording should decide the contextual force. Grammar identifies the form's role; the passage supplies the interpretive weight. Grammatical gender is not a separate theological claim.

Grammar alone proves doctrine: The form supports interpretation only as it serves the verse and its context. form label replaces context: Do not make perfect tense alone carry the doctrine of assurance. The whole sentence grounds the promise in Jesus' word and the Father who sent him. grammatical gender proves theology: Grammatical gender is a language feature and should not be pressed beyond the verse.

The Textus Receptus witness for John 5:24 reads μεταβέβηκεν with the morphology label Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Active Indicative.

The lemma is μεταβαίνω. The guide uses the gloss "I leave, depart, remove, pass over" only to orient this occurrence.

μεταβέβηκεν appears in the phrase "εἰς κρίσιν οὐκ ἔρχεται, ἀλλὰ μεταβέβηκεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν". The perfect active indicative presents the passing from death into life as a completed reality in Jesus' statement.

John 5:24 links hearing Jesus' word and believing the Father with life and freedom from judgment.

The form fits John's movement from death to life through the Son who speaks and gives life.

When teaching John 5:24, use the form to show the completed force of the passing, while keeping the promise tied to Jesus' own words.

The perfect tense should not be turned into an isolated formula for assurance apart from hearing, believing, and Jesus' promise in the verse.