John 5:38

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

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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 himself who hath sent me hath given testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

39Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life everlasting. And the same are they that give testimony of me. Or... You search the scriptures. Scrutamini... It is not a command for all to read the scriptures; but a reproach to the Pharisees, that reading the scriptures as they did, and thinking to find everlasting life in them, they would not receive him to whom all those scriptures gave testimony, and through whom alone they could have that true life.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it.

Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,

Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the nation that is abhorred, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see, and princes shall rise up, and adore for the Lord's sake, because he is faithful, and for the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

John 1:11He came unto his own: and his own 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 children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath 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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