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When we use the term “Scriptures,” we are referring to the entire Bible. When Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures” (John 5:39), the New Testament had not yet been written; the “Scriptures,” which in the original language is γραφας (graphas) and literally means “writings,” Jesus is referring to is just the Old Testament.
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A person who refuses to believe cannot be convinced, no matter what evidence they are given (John 5:40). Jesus criticized the local religious leaders for never hearing the voice of God (John 5:37–38). They reject Jesus and His message (John 5:18) because they are unwilling, not because they are uninformed.
(39) 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 Testament canon, or a reference to their habit of doing so, is one which has been discussed through the whole history of New Testament exposition, and one on which the opinion of those best qualified to ...
- 2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 64 helpful votes. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
- John 5:39 ESV / 63 helpful votes. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
- Acts 17:11 ESV / 61 helpful votes. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
- Matthew 22:29 ESV / 37 helpful votes. But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
John 14:6-11. Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”. Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”read more. John 15:15.
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The alternative to life in Christ is destruction: to "perish." This passage explains that the purpose of sending Jesus was our salvation (John 3:17), but also reminds us that those who don't believe are condemned (John 3:18, 36). There is no question that, according to the Bible, people can be saved only through faith in Jesus (John 14:6).
