John 5:39

Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me.

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In The King James Version

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

In Context

38And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe.

40And you are not willing to come to me, so that you may have life.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:18Then, after he has been seated upon the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself the Deuteronomy of this law in a volume, using a copy from the priests of the Levitical tribe.

Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up a prophet for them, from the midst of their brothers, similar to you. And I will place my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all the things that I will instruct him.

Joshua 1:8The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.

Psalms 16:11They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

Psalms 36:9For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.

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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