John 5:40
But you are unwilling to come to Me, so that you may have life.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
In Context
41“I do not receive glory from men.
Cross References
Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.
John 6:27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for upon Him God the Father has set His seal.”
John 6:40And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” 1 Jesus Rejected by His Own
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 →