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 you believed Moses you would believe me, since it was of me that he wrote.

They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."

Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Have you not even read this scripture? ??The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner:

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

Now the passage of scripture which he was reading was as follows: ??he was led like a sheep to be slaughtered, and as a lamb is dumb before the shearer, so he opens not his lips.

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

Much in every way. This to begin with ??Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

Let the inspiration of Christ dwell in your midst with all its wealth of wisdom; teach and train one another with the music of psalms, with hymns, and songs of the spiritual life; praise God with thankful hearts.

but hold you to what you have been taught, hold to your convictions, remember who your teachers were,

and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself;

Ye think

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

but they really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)

They which

I have Another to bear testimony to me, and I know the evidence he bears for me is valid.

he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

To this day I have had the help of God in standing, as I now do, to testify alike to low and high, never uttering a single syllable beyond what the prophets and Moses predicted was to take place.

(which he promised of old by his prophets in the holy scriptures)

Even prophets have searched and inquired about that salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was meant for you;

Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

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Now this is what he has promised you, eternal life.