John 5:46

For, if ye believed Moses, ye would also believe me; for Moses wrote concerning me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

In Context

45Do ye suppose, that I shall accuse you before the Father? There is one that will accuse you, that Moses, on whom ye rely.

47But if ye believe not his writings, how will ye believe my words?

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Cross References

Luke 24:27Then he began from Moses, and from all the prophets, and expounded to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

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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