John 5:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. ”

• John 5:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Search the scriptures - The word translated “search” here means to “search diligently” or “search anxiously.” It was applied to miners, who search for precious metals - who look anxiously for the...

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• John 5:39 - 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....

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• John 5:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Search . Greek. ereunao = to search as. lion or hound tracks by the scent. Not the same word as in Acts 17:11 . Here the Verb may be the imperative or indicative mood; but the indicative never co...

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• John 5:39 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  39. Search the Scriptures. We have said that the statement which Christ formerly made — that he has the Father for a witness in heaven — refers to Moses and the Prophets. Now follows a clear...

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• John 5:39 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1630 CHRIST’S APPEAL TO THE SCRIPTURES John 5:39 . Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me . WHEN our Lord professed h...

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• John 5:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Search the Scriptures - Ερευνατε τας γραφας. This should be translated, not in the imperative,...

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• John 5:39 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Search the scriptures;— Because the Jews were exceedingly averse to acknowledge the Lord Jesus for their Messiah, not withstanding that the evidences of his divine mission were so unexceptionable;...

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• John 5:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Search the Scriptures, х ereunate ( G2045 )] - or 'Ye search.' Since either sense...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Search the scriptures. — Better, Ye search the Scriptures. The question whether the mood is imperative or indicative, whether we have here a commandment to examine the writings of the Old Testame...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Willful Rejection of Truth Condemned John 5:39-47 Our Lord was accused by the Jews of Sabbath breaking. There were many grounds on which He might have claimed exoneration, but He forbore to use...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE TESTIMONY OF THE SCRIPTURES ‘Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.’ John 5:39 There are four great fundamental principl...

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• John 5:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Search the Scriptures ,.... The writings of Moses, and the prophets, which were of divine inspiration and authority, and are often appealed unto by Christ, and his apostles, for the truth of what th...

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• John 5:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Ver. 39. Search the Scriptures ] Audite saeculares, comparate vobis Biblia, animae pharma...

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• John 5:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Search the Scriptures Because the Jews were exceedingly averse to acknowledge Jesus for their Messiah, notwithstanding that the evidences of his mission were so unexceptionable, he appeals, lastly,...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Search the Scriptures; the words may be read either imperatively (as our translation readeth them) or indicatively, You do search the Scriptures; that is, of the Old Testament, for the books of the...

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• John 5:39 - 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 )...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 5:39-40 Searching Scripture and finding Christ I. It is evident that the failure of many men to find Christ is not from any deficiency in the means of discovering Him. It is this which our L...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - 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...

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• John 5:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of Me.

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• John 5:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:10 ; 1 Peter 1:11 ; 2 Peter 1:19-21 ; 2 Timothy 3:14-17 ; Acts 17:11 ; Acts 26:22 ; Acts 26:23 ; Acts 26:27 ; Acts 8:32-35 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Deuteronomy 11:18-20...

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• John 5:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Search the Scriptures — A plain command to all men. In them ye are assured ye have eternal life — Ye know they show you the way to eternal life. And these very Scriptures testify of me.

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