Revelation of John 3:20
I stand at the door ( εστηκα επ την θυραν ). Perfect active of ιστημ (intransitive). Picture of the Lord's advent as in Mt 24:33; Jas 5:9, but true also of the individual response to Christ's call (Lu 12:36) as shown in Holman Hunt's great picture. Some see a use also of So 5:2.If any man hear--and open ( εαν τις ακουση κα ανοιξη ). Condition of third class with εαν and first aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive of ακουω and ανοιγω. See Joh 10:3; 18:37. See the picture reversed (Swete) in Lu 13:25; Mt 25:10.
I will come in to him ( εισελευσομα ). Future middle of εισερχομα. See Mr 15:43; Ac 11:3 for εισερχομα προς, to go into a man's house. Cf. Joh 14:23.
Will sup ( δειπνησω ). Future active of δειπνεω, old verb, from δειπνον (supper), as in Lu 17:8. Fellowship in the Messianic kingdom (Lu 22:30; Mr 14:25; Mt 26:29). Purely metaphorical, as is plain from 1Co 6:13.
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