John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
38And his word abideth not in you, because ye believe not in him whom he hath sent.
40And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal may be yours.
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 →