John 5:39
Search the Scriptures, because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify concerning me;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
38and you have not His word abiding in you: because you do not believe Him whom He has sent.
40and you do not wish to come unto me, in order that you may have life.
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 →