John 5:45
Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
46If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.
Cross References
Matthew 19:7They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?
John 8:5Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?
John 9:28And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Romans 2:17But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,
Romans 7:9And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
2 Corinthians 3:7For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:
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 →