John 5:47
For if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
In Context
46For if you were believing Moses, you were believing me; for he wrote concerning me.
Cross References
Luke 16:29But Abraham says, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear 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 →