John 5:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. ”

John 5:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His word abiding in you - His law does not abide in you - that is, you do not regard or obey it. This was the “third” thing that he charged them with. They had not obeyed the command of God....
John 5:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Witness. The subject is introduced abruptly, but rises naturally out of the circumstances. The claims made, if less than the author represents them, were such as to raise the question of authority....
John 5:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abiding . See note on John 1:32 . hath sent . sent.
John 5:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

38. And you have not his word abiding in you. This is the true way of profiting, when the word of God takes root in us, so that, being impressed on our hearts, it has its fixed abode there....
John 5:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Ye have not his word abiding in you - Though ye believe the Scriptures to be of God, yet ye do not let them take ho...
John 5:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, &c.— "Nor have you any reason to dispute the testimony which the Father hath thus given me, though you have never heard his voice, nor seen his for...
John 5:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. And ye have not his word abiding in you - passing now from the Witness-bearer to the testimony borne by the...
John 5:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly...
John 5:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Abiding in you. — This striking thought of the word taking up its abode in the mind, and forming the mind in which it dwells, meets us only in St. John. (Comp. John 15:7 ; 1 John 2:14 ; 1 John 2...
John 5:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these thin...
John 5:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jesus' Works His Sufficient Witness John 5:30-38 The one desire and purpose of our Lord was to do God's will. We cannot penetrate the mystery of His ineffable being, but clearly, so far as His...
John 5:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter w...
John 5:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbat...
John 5:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye have not his word abiding in you ,.... Which some understand of Christ himself, the Logos, or word: who, though he was now with them, being made flesh, and dwelling among them, yet would not...
John 5:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Ver. 38. And you have not his word abiding in you ] As an "engrafted word," James 1:21 : ye have heard it, bu...
John 5:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I have greater witness than that of John The testimony of one who has infinitely greater authority and power than he; for the works which the Father hath given me to finish The miracles which...
John 5:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of...
John 5:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 The...
John 5:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though they had heard the word of the Lord, their forefathers by the prophets, and in that generation by John the Baptist, (the messenger sent before Christ's face), and now by Christ himself, whom t...
John 5:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Witnesses to the Genuineness of His Authority ( John 5:31-40 ). Jesus now goes on to describe the witnesses which support Him: · He is the One to Whom the Father has borne witness ( John 5:37 )...
John 5:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 5:19 . The Son can do nothing of Himself. —This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17 . He is still speaking of the eternal relation in wh...
John 5:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 5:24 . Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent h...
John 5:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for...
John 5:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of Me The witnesses of the Son I. A GREAT WITNESS, His forerunner. The Baptist as a witness for Christ...
John 5:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH...
John 5:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The witness of the Father:
John 5:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:14 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Deuteronomy 6:6-9 ; Isaiah 49:7 ; Isaiah 53:1-3 ; James 1:21 ; James 1:22 ; John 1:11 ; John 12:44-48 ; John 15:7 ; John 3:18-21 ; John 5:42 ; John 5:43 ;...
John 5:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye have not his word — All who believe have the word of the Father (the same with the word of the Son) abiding in them, that is, deeply ingrafted in their hearts.

John 5:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 5:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 5:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 5:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 5:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 5:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 5:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 5:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 5:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 5:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 5:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 5:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 5:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 5:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 5:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 5:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 5:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 5:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 5:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 5:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 5:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 5:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 5:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes