Open Word Bible · Versículo do dia

João 14:1

2026-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Não deixem que o coração de vocês fique perturbado. Creiam em Deus, e creiam também em mim.

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believe ... believe: both are commands (Gramática): The Greek form of the verb is the same for “you believe” and “believe!”, so either could be a statement or a command. Reading both as commands fits the command just before (“let your heart not be troubled”) and the later call to believe in 14:11. Another common reading takes the first as a statement and the second as a command: “You believe in God; believe also in me.” The two clauses stand in a mirror pattern (believe in God / in me believe), which puts trust in Jesus beside trust in God. Either way the point is the same: the cure for a troubled heart is trust in God and in Jesus together.

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João 13:35

2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

Se vocês tiverem amor uns pelos outros, todos saberão por isso que vocês são meus discípulos.”

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by this: points forward to the if-clause (Gramática): “This” is explained by what follows: their love for one another is the mark by which people will know them.
my disciples: disciples who belong to me (Sentido da palavra): Jesus uses an emphatic word for “my”: not disciples of Moses (9:28) or of John the Baptist (1:35), but his.
love among one another: love within the community of disciples (Sentido da palavra): The love meant is the disciples’ love for each other, as in verse 34. Others see it from outside: it is visible to everyone. Compare 17:21, 23.

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João 13:34

2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

Estou dando a vocês um mandamento novo: que amem uns aos outros. Do mesmo modo que eu os amei, também vocês precisam amar uns aos outros.

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new: new in its measure, “as I have loved you” (Sentido da palavra): The Law already said “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). What is new is the standard and the source: the love Jesus has shown them, in washing their feet (13:1-15) and in laying down his life (15:12-13). 1 John 2:7-8 calls this commandment both old and new.
just as I have loved you: both the pattern and the ground of their love (Gramática): “Just as” gives the measure of their love and also its reason: they love because he loved them first (compare 15:9, 12; 1 John 4:19). The past tense looks at his love as a whole, shown to the end (13:1).
that you also love one another: the command repeated, now with its standard (Gramática): The second “that” most naturally repeats the content of the commandment. Read as purpose, it gives nearly the same sense: his love was meant to make them love.

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João 10:11

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Eu sou o bom pastor. O bom pastor dá a sua vida pelas ovelhas.

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good: the true and worthy shepherd, the model of what a shepherd should be (Sentido da palavra): The word (καλός) is not the usual word for moral goodness. It describes what is fine, worthy and as it should be: the shepherd who is everything a shepherd ought to be, set against the thieves and robbers of 10:1, 8, 10 and the hired man of verse 12. It also carries a note of what is admirable, as in 2:10 (the good wine). Its proof is given at once: he lays down his life for the sheep. The Greek puts the article twice, “the shepherd, the good one”, which marks him out as the one true shepherd, not one good shepherd among others.
I am the good shepherd: Jesus claims the shepherd role that the Scriptures give to God and to his promised king (Eco de outra passagem das Escrituras): In the Scriptures God is the shepherd of his people (Psalm 23:1; 80:2; Isaiah 40:11). In Ezekiel 34 God condemns the shepherds of Israel who fed themselves and let the flock be scattered, and promises to seek and rescue his sheep himself (34:11-16) and to set over them one shepherd, his servant David (34:23). After the leaders have thrown out the man born blind (9:34), Jesus presents himself as that shepherd. This is one of the “I am” sayings with a predicate (6:35; 8:12; 10:7, 9; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1); the stressed “I” sets him against all false shepherds.
lays down his life: gives up his life of his own will, by dying (Expressão idiomática): To lay down one’s life (τίθημι with ψυχή) is a way of speaking that John uses again and again: 10:15, 17-18; 13:37-38; 15:13; 1 John 3:16. It means giving up one’s life in death, freely. Verses 17-18 make clear that Jesus means his own death, which he gives of his own accord. A shepherd in Israel might risk his life against wild animals (1 Samuel 17:34-35); this shepherd goes further and dies for the flock. Here ψυχή means life itself, not the soul as one part of a person.

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João 10:10

2026-10-19T00:00:00Z

O ladrão só vem para roubar, abater e destruir. Eu vim para que elas tenham vida, e a tenham transbordando.

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slaughter: kill as an animal is killed for its meat (Sentido da palavra): The verb is used of killing animals, often in sacrifice, and of slaughtering for food (Luke 15:23). In a picture of sheep the sense is butchering; there is no thought of sacrifice here.
destroy and life: perishing and eternal life (Teologia): The verb “destroy” is the one John uses for perishing (3:16; 10:28), and the life Jesus gives is eternal life, which begins now (3:15-16; 5:24; 10:28). The thief brings the sheep to ruin; Jesus came to give them life that does not end.
more than enough: life in full measure, beyond what is needed (Sentido da palavra): The word means what goes beyond the measure, an overflowing amount. It describes the fullness of the life Jesus gives, not wealth or comfort. The contrast is with shepherds who fed themselves instead of the flock (Ezekiel 34:2-3).

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João 8:32

2026-10-18T00:00:00Z

Vocês conhecerão a verdade, e a verdade libertará vocês.”

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the Jews: Jewish people in the crowd at the temple in Jerusalem who had just come to believe Jesus (Sentido da palavra): This occurrence does not mean the authorities, and it does not mean the Jewish people as a whole. John has just said that as Jesus spoke in the temple (8:20) many believed in him (8:30); these are the people he now turns to. They are Jews, as Jesus himself, his disciples and his mother are.
had believed him: the same believers as in 8:30, though the wording changes (Gramática): 8:30 says that many “believed in him”; here John writes “having believed him”, the perfect participle with the plain dative. In John the two ways of speaking often overlap (compare 5:24 with 6:29), so the change of wording does not by itself show a weaker belief. What follows does show that this new belief is tested at once: Jesus makes remaining in his word the mark of a true disciple, and the talk turns hard (8:33, 37). Whether John means the change of wording to hint at that is uncertain.
remain in my word: keep holding to Jesus’s message and living by it (Teologia): Starting to believe is not yet the whole of discipleship; a true disciple stays with what Jesus says. “Remain” is one of John’s key verbs (6:56; 15:4-10), and 8:35 picks it up again: the slave does not remain in the house, the son remains. “Word” is Jesus’s message as a whole, which he received from the Father (8:26, 28, 38). “Truly” means really, in fact, as opposed to in name only.

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João 6:68

2026-10-17T00:00:00Z

Simão Pedro lhe respondeu: “Senhor, a quem iríamos?

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Lord: Peter addresses Jesus as his master (Sentido da palavra): The word can be a polite “sir” (4:11; 5:7), but here it is spoken by one of the Twelve in a confession of faith, and it carries the full sense of “Lord” (compare 11:27; 13:6; 20:28).
go away: Peter takes up the word of 6:66-67 (Sentido da palavra): Many disciples “went away” (6:66), and Jesus asked whether the Twelve also wanted to “go away” (6:67, a related verb). Peter answers with the same verb as 6:66: if they went away from Jesus, there is no one else to go to.

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João 6:35

2026-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jesus lhes disse: “Eu sou o pão da vida. Quem vem a mim nunca terá fome, e quem crê em mim nunca, em tempo algum, terá sede.

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I am the bread of life: the first of John’s sayings “I am” with a picture (Teologia): With a predicate, “I am” is ordinary grammar (see 4:26 and 8:58 for the use without one). This is the first of seven such sayings in John: the bread of life, the light of the world (8:12), the door (10:7, 9), the good shepherd (10:11), the resurrection and the life (11:25), the way, the truth and the life (14:6), and the true vine (15:1). The “I” is written out and emphatic: the bread they asked for (6:34) is not a thing but a person.
the bread of life: the bread that gives life (Gramática): The genitive describes what the bread does, as 6:33 has just said: it gives life to the world. 6:51 calls it “the living bread”.
coming and believing are one act; the double negative is emphatic (Gramática): The two halves say the same thing in two ways, as Hebrew poetry does: to come to Jesus is to believe in him. οὐ μή is the strongest way of saying “not”, and πώποτε (“ever”) adds more weight to the second half.

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João 4:24

2026-10-15T00:00:00Z

Deus é espírito, e quem o adora precisa adorar em espírito e verdade.”

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God is spirit: what God is, not “a spirit” and not the Holy Spirit (Teologia): πνεῦμα stands first without the article and describes God’s nature, like “God is light” (1 John 1:5) and “God is love” (1 John 4:8). God is not bound to a body or a place, so he cannot be confined to one mountain or one city (compare 1 Kings 8:27). Since it describes God’s being and does not name the Holy Spirit, the book-wide choice is not to capitalize it.
must: a necessity that comes from who God is (Sentido da palavra): The woman spoke of the place where people “must” worship (verse 20). Jesus answers with a “must” that rests on God’s own nature, not on a place.
in spirit and truth: as in verse 23 (Sentido da palavra): See meaning decision m3 at verse 23, whose footnote gives the other reading.

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João 3:17

2026-10-14T00:00:00Z

Pois Deus enviou o Filho ao mundo, não para condenar o mundo, mas para que o mundo fosse salvo por meio dele.

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judge: pass sentence on, condemn (Sentido da palavra): Set against “be saved”, the verb here means a judgment that goes against someone. Jesus does bring judgment (5:22, 27; 9:39), but it is not the purpose of his coming (12:47).
the world: humanity, as in 3:16 (Sentido da palavra): Key term. The word comes three times in one sentence: the whole world is the object of God’s saving purpose.
be saved through him: God saves, the Son is the one through whom (Gramática): The passive points to God as the one who saves; “through him” names the Son as the means. The Samaritans call Jesus “the Savior of the world” (4:42).

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João 1:29

2026-10-13T00:00:00Z

No dia seguinte, João viu Jesus vindo até ele e disse: “Vejam, ali está o Cordeiro de Deus, que carrega e leva embora o pecado do mundo!

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the Lamb of God: the lamb God provides as a sacrifice for sin; the Passover lamb and the lamb of Isaiah 53 are both in view (Eco de outra passagem das Escrituras): Several Old Testament pictures meet here. In Genesis 22:8 Abraham tells Isaac that God will provide the lamb. At the first Passover the blood of a lamb protected Israel (Exodus 12); John later places Jesus’s death on the day the Passover lambs were killed (19:14) and applies to him the rule that none of the lamb’s bones may be broken (19:36; Exodus 12:46). Isaiah 53:7 compares the LORD’s servant to a lamb led to the slaughter, and says he bore the sin of many (53:12). Lambs were also offered every morning and evening in the temple (Exodus 29:38-42). John does not choose between these, and the translation keeps the title as he gives it. A footnote gives the background.

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João 1:5

2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

A luz brilha nas trevas, e as trevas não a venceram.

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overcome, overpower (Sentido da palavra): καταλαμβάνω can mean seize, overpower, or grasp with the mind. John 12:35 uses it of darkness overtaking someone, which supports “overcome”. John may intend both senses; the note says so.

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Mateus 6:33

2026-10-11T00:00:00Z

Acima de tudo, busquem o Reino e a justiça dele, e todas essas coisas também serão dadas a vocês.

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his righteousness: the right living God requires, and God’s justice (Sentido da palavra): As throughout the sermon (5:6, 20; 6:1), righteousness is doing God’s will. “His” is the Father of 6:32.
the kingdom and his righteousness, the reading of the SBLGNT (Leitura dos manuscritos): Many manuscripts read “the kingdom of God”. The meaning is the same. Reviewers should check the evidence against the apparatus.
will be added: God will give them (Gramática): The passive points to God, as often in Jesus’s sayings (5:4).

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Lucas 1:37

2026-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pois para Deus nenhuma promessa será impossível.”

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word: what God has spoken, and so the thing he has said will happen (Sentido da palavra): The noun can mean a spoken word or a matter. Here it holds both: nothing God says will fail to happen. Mary answers with the same noun in 1:38: “according to your word”.

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