John 5:39

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John 5:39

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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Ye think

Matthew 19:16

Luke 10:25

Hebrews 11:16

They which

Luke 24:27

General references

1 John 2:25

Bible References

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For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for of me did he write.

They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too? Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up.

Jesus then answering, said unto them, Ye are in an error, from not knowing the Scriptures, and the power of God.

Have ye never read this scripture? "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:

Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hearken to them.

The portion of scripture which he had been reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before him who sheareth it is dumb, so he opened not his mouth:

Now these were more liberally minded men than those of Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily, examining the Scriptures if these things were really so.

Much in every view: the principal one indeed is, that the oracles of God were entrusted to them.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and believed, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

And we hold the prophetic word more confirmed, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark passage, until the day dawn, and the morning-star arise upon your hearts.

Ye think

And lo! a person coming to him, said, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, in order to attain eternal life?

And, behold, a certain doctor of the law arose, to make trial of him, saying, Master, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?

But now their longing desires are after a better country, that is, the heavenly one: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared a city for them.

They which

There is another who beareth witness of me, and I know that his witness is true which he witnesseth concerning me.

Philip findeth Nathaniel, and saith to him, We have found him whom Moses in the law has described, and the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth.

Having however obtained help from God, unto this day, I stand witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what both the prophets and Moses said should come to pass:

(which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

Concerning which salvation the prophets eagerly sought and diligently inquired, who prophesied of the grace which is come to you:

And I fell down before his feet to worship him: and he said unto me, See thou dost not so: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them in all the scriptures, the things relating to himself.

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And this is the promise which he hath promised to us, even life eternal.