Johannes 5:38

38 und sein Wort habt ihr nicht in euch wohnend; denn ihr glaubt dem nicht, den er gesandt hat.

Johannes 5:38 Meaning and Commentary

John 5:38

And ye have not his word abiding in you
Which some understand of Christ himself, the Logos, or word: who, though he was now with them, being made flesh, and dwelling among them, yet would not long continue with them: though rather this designs the written word, or the Scriptures of truth; and especially that part of them, which contains prophecies concerning the Messiah, which did not dwell in them richly, nor they dwell in their meditation on them, as was requisite. Or rather, it may intend that word of God expressed in the testimony he bore to the sonship of Christ at his baptism, by a voice from heaven, which made no lasting impression upon the minds and hearts of the Jews that heard it; as appears by what follows:

for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not;
meaning himself; for if they had had either a due regard to the sacred oracles, or to that voice from heaven at his baptism, they would have received and embraced him as the Messiah, and sent of God, and not have disbelieved and rejected him, as now they did.

Johannes 5:38 In-Context

36 Ich aber habe ein größeres Zeugnis; denn des Johannes Zeugnis; denn die Werke, die mir der Vater gegeben hat, daß ich sie vollende, eben diese Werke, die ich tue, zeugen von mir, daß mich der Vater gesandt habe.

37 Und der Vater, der mich gesandt hat, derselbe hat von mir gezeugt. Ihr habt nie weder seine Stimme gehört noch seine Gestalt gesehen,

38 und sein Wort habt ihr nicht in euch wohnend; denn ihr glaubt dem nicht, den er gesandt hat.

39 Suchet in der Schrift; denn ihr meinet, ihr habet das ewige Leben darin; und sie ist's, die von mir zeuget;

40 und ihr wollt nicht zu mir kommen, daß ihr das Leben haben möchtet.