John 5:47

But if in the Kitvei Hakodesh of that one you lack emunah, how will you have emunah in my dvar?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

In Context

46For if you were having emunah in Moshe, you would have had emunah in me, for he himself wrote concerning me. + 5:46 Gn 3:15; 45:4-9; Dt 18:15

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Cross References

Luke 16:29But Avraham Avinu says, They have Moshe Rabbeinu and the Neviim. Let them listen to them.

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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