John 5:38

And his word you have not remaining in you; for whom he has sent, him you believe not.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

In Context

37And the Father, who sent me, has testified concerning me. You have, neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

39You search the scriptures, because in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify concerning me:

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Cross References

John 1:11He came to his own country, and his own people received him not.

John 5:42But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.

John 8:37I know that you are the posterity of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47

Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →

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