John 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures, since you think that eternal life is to be found in them; and they are the ones that testify about me.
Treated in 20 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Evening by Evening ·
June cites John 5:39
…whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.” June 9 “Search the Scriptures.” (John 5:39) The Greek word here rendered search signifies a strict, close, diligent, curious search…
- The Key Teachings of Derek Prince ·
Introduction cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Before you read further, write down honestly what the Bible…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites John v. 39
…with them) is to show them the advantage of Bible study. Good texts for this purpose are John v. 39; 1 Peter ii. 1, 2; 2 Tim. iii. 13‒17; Jas i. 21, 22; Ps. i. 1, 2; Josh. i. 8; Mark vii.…
- Practical Religion ·
Bible-Reading cites John v. 39
"Search the Scriptures."—John v. 39. "How readest thou?"—Luke x. 26. Next to praying there is nothing so important in…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites John v. 39
…What was the intention of Christ, in teaching the Jews to “search the Scriptures” (John v. 39,) as testifying of Him? Was it that He might render them doubtful concerning faith in…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
The Word Alone cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 This Christ-centred reading kept Luther from dry literalism and from endless allegory.…
- The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody ·
The Old Book cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 That verse gives the last word on Moody’s view of the Bible. He did not love it as a…
- The Key Teachings of George Whitefield ·
Searching the Scriptures cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 Whitefield was not a scholar. He read Greek, as every Oxford man did, but he never wrote…
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
A Reader’s Guide to Ignatius of Antioch cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 Ignatius left no books, only seven letters, and they can all be read in an evening. The…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
A Reader’s Guide to John Owen cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
A Reader’s Guide to Dietrich Bonhoeffer cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 Bonhoeffer’s writings, and their English translations, are in copyright, and none of them…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
Christ in All the Scriptures cites JOHN 5:39
…for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. JOHN 5:39 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me. HEBREWS 10:7…
- They Were Young – Book 4: Sent ·
Mary Jones: The Long Road to Bala cites John 5:39
…Jesus Himself said of the Scriptures, “These are the very words that testify about Me” (John 5:39). The people who taught Mary to read taught her that she was a sinner who could not save…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.3 The Word cites John 5: 39
…to our souls, let us peruse it with ‘intenseness of mind.’ ‘Search the Scriptures.’ John 5: 39. The Greek word, ereunate, signifies to search as for a ‘vein of silver.’ The Bereans…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Duty of Searching the Scriptures cites John 5:39
John 5:39 — “Search the Scriptures.” When the Sadducees came to our blessed Lord, and put to him…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Means of Grace cites John 5:39
…clear. Search the Scriptures, saith he to the unbelieving Jews, for they testify of me. (John 5:39.) And for this very end did he direct them to search the Scriptures, that they might…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites John 5:39
…says Tertullian. In the Book of God are scattered many truths as so many pearls. John 5:39. ‘Search the Scriptures.’ Search as for a vein of silver. This blessed Book will fill…
- Old Paths ·
Our Hope! cites John v. 39
…in ignorance. Hence we cry, “Search the Scriptures” “Hear, and your soul shall live.” (John v. 39. Isa. lv. 3.) I warn every one to beware of a hope not drawn from Scripture. It is a…
- Knots Untied ·
Divers and Strange Doctrines cites John v. 39
…We must go back to the old prescription of our Master: “Search the Scriptures.” (John v. 39.) If we want a weapon to wield against the devices of Satan, there is nothing like “the…
- Knots Untied ·
Apostolic Fears cites John v. 39
…law and the testimony!”—“Search the Scriptures.” (Rom. iv. 3; Luke x. 26; Isa. viii. 20; John v. 39.) In this matter also let us stand fast in the “simplicity that is in Christ.” (5) Let us…