‏ 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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