John 5:39 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

Common English Bible

³⁹ Examine the scriptures, since you think that in them you have eternal life. They also testify about me,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have life everlasting; and the same are they that give testimony of me.

English Standard Version 2016

³⁹ You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

John 5:39 Cross References

Psalm 1:2

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 119:11

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, That I might not sin against thee.

Psalm 133:3

As the dew of Hermon, And as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: For there the LORD commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

Psalm 16:11

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalm 21:4

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Isaiah 34:16

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Daniel 12:2

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Mark 10:3

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

Mark 12:10

And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner:

Luke 16:29

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Luke 16:31

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Luke 24:25

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

Luke 24:27

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Luke 24:44

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

John 1:45

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John 5:32

There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

John 5:36

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:40

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

John 5:46

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

John 7:52

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

Acts 13:27

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Acts 17:11

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

Romans 1:2

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

Romans 3:2

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Deuteronomy 18:15

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

Deuteronomy 29:29

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Hebrews 11:16

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Revelation 19:10

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.