John 5:39 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁹ “You search the Scriptures, because you think you possess everlasting life in them. And these are the ones that bear witness of Me.

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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.

John 5:39 Cross References

Psalm 1:2

But his delight is in the Torah of יהוה, And he meditates in His Torah day and night.

Psalm 119:11

I have treasured up Your word in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

Psalm 133:3

Like the dew of Ḥ

Psalm 16:11

You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.

Psalm 21:4

He asked life from You, and You gave it to him – Length of days forever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, And the Torah a light, And reproofs of discipline a way of life,

Isaiah 34:16

Search from the book of יהוה, and read: not one of these shall be missing, not one shall be without a mate, for He has commanded my mouth. And His Spirit shall gather them.

Isaiah 8:20

To the Torah and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no daybreak.

Jeremiah 8:9

“The wise shall be put to shame, they shall be broken down and caught. See, they have rejected the Word of יהוה, so what wisdom do they have?

Daniel 12:2

and many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth wake up, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches, everlasting abhorrence.

Matthew 22:29

And יהושע  answering, said to them, “You go astray, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of Elohim.

Mark 10:3

And He answering, said to them, “What did Mosheh command you?”

Mark 12:10

“Have you not read this Scripture, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone.

Luke 16:29

“Aḇ

Luke 16:31

“But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Mosheh and the prophets, neither would they be persuaded even if one should rise from the dead.’ ”

Luke 24:25

And He said to them, “O thoughtless ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:27

And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.

Luke 24:44

And He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all have to be filled that were written in the Torah of Mosheh and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

John 1:45

Philip found Nethanĕ

John 5:32

“There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.

John 5:36

“But I have a greater witness than that of Yoḥ

John 5:40

“But you do not desire to come to Me in order to possess life.

John 5:46

“For if you believed Mosheh, you would have believed Me, since he wrote about Me.

John 7:52

They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galil? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galil.”

Acts 13:27

for those dwelling in Yerushalayim, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have filled them in having judged Him.

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonike, who received the word with great eagerness, and searched the Scriptures daily, if these words were so.

Acts 26:27

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

Romans 1:2

which He promised before through His prophets in the Set-apart Scriptures,

Romans 3:2

Much in every way! Because firstly indeed, that they were entrusted with the Words of Elohim.

Deuteronomy 18:15

“יהוה  your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brothers. Listen to Him,

Deuteronomy 18:18

‘I shall raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret matters belong to יהוה  our Elohim, but what is revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, to do all the Words of this Torah.

Deuteronomy 32:47

“For it is not a worthless Word for you, because it is your life, and by this Word you prolong your days on the soil which you pass over the Yardĕ

Colossians 3:16

Let the Word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing with pleasure in your hearts to the Master in psalms and songs of praise and spiritual songs.

Hebrews 11:16

But now they long for a better place, that is, a heavenly. Therefore Elohim is not ashamed to be called their Elohim, for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received back their dead by resurrection. And others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain a better resurrection.

Joshua 1:8

“Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely.

Revelation 19:10

And I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “See, do not do it! I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers who possess the witness of יהושע. Worship Elohim! For the witness of יהושע  is the spirit of prophecy.”