Johannes 5:46

46 Denn wenn ihr Moses glaubtet, so würdet ihr mir glauben, denn er hat von mir geschrieben.

Johannes 5:46 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:46

For had ye believed Moses
The doctrine of Moses, and what he says in his writings:

ye would have believed me;
for there is an agreement between Moses and Christ; Christ is the end of the law of Moses, and in him is the accomplishment of his writings:

for he wrote of me;
in the books written by him, Christ is spoken of, as the seed of the woman, that should bruise the serpent's head; as the seed of Abraham, in whom all nations of the earth should be blessed; as the Shiloh, to whom the gathering of the people should be; and as that prophet, who should be like unto himself, to whom the people of Israel should hearken; and he wrote many things typically of Christ; and indeed, the whole Mosaic economy was typical of Christ, as the epistle to the Hebrews shows: and therefore disbelieving Christ, was disbelieving Moses; who therefore would be an accuser of them, and a witness against them.

Johannes 5:46 In-Context

44 Wie könnt ihr glauben, die ihr Ehre voneinander nehmet und die Ehre, welche von Gott allein ist, nicht suchet?
45 Wähnet nicht, daß ich euch bei dem Vater verklagen werde; da ist einer, der euch verklagt, Moses, auf den ihr eure Hoffnung gesetzt habt.
46 Denn wenn ihr Moses glaubtet, so würdet ihr mir glauben, denn er hat von mir geschrieben.
47 Wenn ihr aber seinen Schriften nicht glaubet, wie werdet ihr meinen Worten glauben?
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