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

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1 John 2:25

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For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

"Are you also from Galilee?" they retorted. "Search, and you will find that no Prophet is to arise in Galilee!"

"Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

'They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham; 'let them listen to them.'

The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this--'Like a sheep, he was led away to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in the hands of its shearer, so he refrains from opening his lips.

These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.

Great in every way. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's utterances.

Let the Message of the Christ dwell in your minds in all its wealth, bringing all wisdom with it. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, and hymns, and sacred songs, full of the loving- kindness of God, lifting your hearts in song to him.

You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;

And still stronger is the assurance that we have in the teaching of the Prophets; to which you will do well to pay attention (as if it were a lamp shining in a gloomy place), until the Day dawns and the Morning Star rises in your hearts.

Ye think

And a man came up to Jesus, and said: "Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain Immortal life?"

Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.

They which

It is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike--without adding a word to what the Prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen--

This Good News God promised long ago through his Prophets in the sacred Scriptures,

It was this Salvation that the Prophets, who spoke long ago of the blessing intended for you, sought, and strove to comprehend;

I prostrated myself at the feet of him who spoke to worship him, but he said to me- - 'Forbear; I am your fellow-servant, and the fellow-servant of your Brothers who bear their testimony to Jesus. Worship God. For to bear testimony to Jesus needs the inspiration of the Prophets.'

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all through the Scriptures the passages that referred to himself.

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And this is what he himself promised us--The Immortal Life!