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John 5:39The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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ἐραυνᾶτε τὰς γραφάς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν· καὶ ἐκεῖναί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ·
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John 5:39The Bible in Living English
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39 You search through the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and they are what testify about me,
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John 5:39American Standard Version
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39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
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John 5:39The Emphasized Bible
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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:
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John 5:39King James Version
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39 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 Study Notes—Chapter 5New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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the Scriptures: This expression is often used to refer to the inspired Hebrew writings as a whole. The Jews who were carefully searching the Scriptures could easily have discerned that Jesus was the Messiah by comparing his life and teachings with what the Scriptures foretold. But these Jews refused to make a sincere examination of the abundant Scriptural evidence that Jesus was the promised Messiah. Although they thought that they could have everlasting life by means of the Scriptures, they refused to accept Jesus as the one whom the Scriptures pointed to as the true means to gain life.—De 18:15; Lu 11:52; Joh 7:47, 48.
these: That is, the Scriptures mentioned in the first part of the verse. These Scriptures contained Messianic prophecies that pointed to Jesus as the one through whom his listeners could gain “everlasting life.”
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