John 5:38
And his word abideth not in you, because ye believe not in him whom he hath sent.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
In Context
39Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me.
Cross References
John 1:11He came to his own people; and his own people received him not.
John 5:42But I know you, that the love of God is not in you.
John 8:37I know that ye are the children of Abraham; but ye seek to kill me, because ye do not acquiesce in my word.
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 →