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John 5:39
Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those [Scriptures], are they which bear witness concerning me:
John 5:39 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
John 5:39 in other translations
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
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In context
36 But, I, have, as my witness, something greater than John’s; for, the works which the Father hath given me, that I should complete them,—the works themselves which I am doing, bear witness concerning me, that, the Father, hath sent me.
37 And so, the Father who sent me, he, hath borne witness concerning me; Neither, a sound of him, at any time, have ye heard, nor, a form of him, have ye seen;
38 And, his word, ye have not, within you abiding—because, as touching him whom, he, sent, in him, ye, believe not.
39 Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those [Scriptures], are they which bear witness concerning me:
40 And yet ye choose not to come unto me, that, life, ye may have.
41 Glory from men, am I not receiving;—
42 But I have taken knowledge of you, that, the love of God, ye have not, in yourselves:—
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