Luke 16:29; Luke 16:31
If ye believe not his writings - If you do not credit what he has written which you profess to believe, it is not to be expected that you will be...
This summary suggests that Jesus-' opponents had accused Him of self-glorification. In answer He traces back their failure to accept His message to w...
if . App-118. writings. Greek. Plural of gramma. letters, used of written characters, or of. document. For the former, see Luke 23:38 ; 2 C...
47. But if you do not believe his writings. Christ appears here to claim less authority for himself than for Moses; and yet we know that h...
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? But if ye believe not his writings, etc. - If you lay them not to heart - if you d...
For he wrote of me.— "Had you believed the writings of Moses, which are daily read in your synagogues, you would have believed me; for these...
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? But if ye believe not his writings (see the note at Luke 16:31 ). How...
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...
The emphasis of the contrast here is not between “writings” and “words,” but between “his” and “My.” It is a repetition of the thought of the previou...
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 t...
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 mig...
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...
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 h...
REFLECTIONS Blessed Mediator! do thou still continue by thy Holy Spirit, to visit the Bethesdas of Ordinances, among thy people; and as in the insta...
But if ye believe not his writings ,.... They believed them to be his writings, and that they were the word of God, and yet did not believe the thin...
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? Ver. 47. But if ye believe not his writings ] He that will not take God's word...
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 calle...
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear w...
But if you believe not his writings, who so plainly wrote of me, and whose writings you own, and have so great a veneration for, how can I expect tha...
“Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father, there is one who accuses you, Moses on whom you have set your hope. If you believed Moses, you wo...
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 ....
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...
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust . The day of judgment is like...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM...
The authority of the Scriptures:
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words? A most diligent perusal, a ceaseless searching of Scriptures is recommended by...
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?