John 5:39
You search the Scriptures because you think that through them you'll gain eternal life. But the evidence they give is in support of me!
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In Context
38and you don't accept what he says, because you don't trust in the one he sent.
40And yet you don't want to come to me so that you might live.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:18Once he is king and sits on his royal throne, he must make a copy for himself of these instructions, writing them on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Deuteronomy 18:18I'm going to send them a prophet like you from their people. I will give him my messages, and he will tell them everything I order him to say.
Joshua 1:8Keep on reminding the people about the law. Meditate on it day and night, so you can be sure to do what it requires. Then you will be successful and prosper in what you do.
Psalms 16:11You have shown me the path of life, filling me with joy with your presence and the delight of living with you forever.
Psalms 36:9You are the source of life; you are the light by which we see.
Psalms 119:97I really love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
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 →