The Bible Software
bible.softwareJohnJohn 5 › John 5:39

John 5:39

You search the Kitvei Hakodesh because you think in them you have Chayyei Olam. And those are the ones giving solemn edut about me.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 the dvar Hashem you do not have abiding and dwelling in you, because you have no bitachon (trust), no emunah (faith) in the one whom Hashem has sent. + 5:38 Isa 26:10; 53:1; Jer 8:8

40And you do not want to come to me that you may have Chayyim.

Read all of John 5

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the kisei mamlakhto (throne of his kingdom), that he shall write him a mishneh hatorah hazot (copy of this torah) in a sefer out of that which is before the kohanim, the Levi'im;

Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise them up a Navi from among their achim, like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. + 18:18 Yn 10:18

Joshua 1:8This Sefer HaTorah shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate on it yomam valailah so that thou mayest be shomer to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy derech prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Psalms 16:11Thou wilt show me the Orach Chayyim (the path of life); 1 in Thy presence is fulness of joy, 1 at Thy right hand there are pleasures netzach (for evermore).

Psalms 36:9They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of Thy Beis; + 36:9 Hamikdash 1 and Thou shalt give them to drink of Thy river of delight. 1

Psalms 119:97O how I love Thy torah! 1 It is my meditation kol hayom. 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Almeida (Português)Luther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)聖經 (中文)성경 (한국어)聖書 (日本語)الكتاب المقدس (العربية)बाइबल (हिन्दी)Biblia (Kiswahili)Bibbia Diodati (Italiano)Alkitab (Bahasa Indonesia)

Study John 5:39

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeAlbert BarnesJohn WesleyJohn CalvinScofieldWilliam BurkittFamily Bible NotesThe Fourfold GospelJohn LightfootGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
← John 5:38John 5John 5:40 →