John 5

5:24  Verily, verily¹, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life², and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life³.

5:25  Verily, verily¹, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is², when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

5:26  For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself¹:

5:27  and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man¹.

5:28  Marvel not at this¹: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

5:29  and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

5:30  I can of myself do nothing¹: as I hear, I judge²: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me³.

5:31  If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true¹.

see John 5:19

5:32  It is another that beareth witness of me¹; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true².

5:33  Ye have sent unto John¹, and he hath borne witness unto the truth².

5:34  But the witness which I receive is not from man¹: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved².

5:35  He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light¹.

5:36  But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John¹; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish², the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me³.

5:37  And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me¹. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form².

5:39  Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me¹;

"Hillel used to say, More law, more life. . . . He who has gotten himself words of law has gotten himself the life of the world to come."

In their zeal for the Scriptures the Jews had counted every letter ofthem, expecting to find life in the laws and precepts, but failed tofind Him of whom the Scriptures spoke in figure, type, and prophecy. Intheir reverence for the Book they failed to see that it was a meremeans intended to acquaint them with him through whom life was to come.Hence, as Canon Cook suggests, there is deep pathos in the coordination"and--and".

5:40  and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life¹.

5:41  I receive not glory from men¹.

5:42  But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves¹.

5:43  I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive¹.

5:44  How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not¹?

5:45  Think not that I will accuse you to the Father¹: there is one that accuseth you, [even] Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

5:46  For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me¹; for he wrote of me².

"Everywhere!"

The Epistle to the Hebrews is a partial elaboration of the Christologyof Moses. But there is doubtless a depth of meaning in the Pentateuchwhich has never yet been fully fathomed, for there is a fullness ofScripture greatly exceeding the popular conception. Moreover, the Oldand New Testaments are so linked together that to reject one iseventually to reject the other, or to read it with veiled eyes( 2 Corinthians 3:15 ).

5:47  But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words¹?