John 5:39

Further Testimony About The Son

³⁸ And you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger. ³⁹  You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life; ⁴⁰ And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.

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John

Luke 24:27

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

Luke 24:44

"This is what I told you," he said, "when I was still with you--that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled."

John 7:52

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

Acts 17:11

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.

Matthew 19:16-20

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

Matthew 22:29

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

Mark 12:10

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

Luke 10:25-29

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'?"

Luke 16:29

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

Luke 16:31

'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,' answered Abraham, 'they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.'"

John 1:45

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!"

John 5:32

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

John 5:36

But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out-- the work that I am doing--is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

John 5:46

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

Acts 8:32-35

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.

Acts 13:27

The people of Jerusalem and their leading men, failing to recognize Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the Prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

Acts 26:22-23

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--

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know you do."

Romans 1:2

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

Romans 2:17-18

But, perhaps, you bear the name of 'Jew,' and are relying upon Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,

Romans 3:2

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

Colossians 3:16

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.

2 Timothy 3:14-17

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

Hebrews 11:16

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.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.

1 Peter 1:10-11

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

2 Peter 1:19-21

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.

Revelation 19:10

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.'