John 5:39 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

More versions

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.

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.

John 5:39 Cross References

Psalm 1:2

but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 119:11

I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life for evermore.

Psalm 16:11

Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Psalm 21:4

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

Psalm 36:9

For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light do we see light.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Isaiah 34:16

Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

Isaiah 8:20

To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men shall be put to shame, they shall be dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them?

Daniel 12:2

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

Matthew 22:29

But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Mark 10:3

He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”

Mark 12:10

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner;

Luke 16:29

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’

Luke 16:31

He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.’ ”

Luke 24:25

And he said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nathana-el, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 5:32

there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.

John 5:36

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me.

John 5:40

yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

John 5:46

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me.

John 7:52

They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee.”

Acts 13:27

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning him.

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Acts 26:27

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

Romans 1:2

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Romans 3:2

Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews are entrusted with the oracles of God.

Deuteronomy 18:15

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren—him you shall heed—

Deuteronomy 18:18

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

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is no trifle for you, but it is your life, and thereby you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Hebrews 11:16

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.