John 5:39
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5:39You study the scriptures thoroughly67 because you think in them you possess eternal life,68 and it is these same scriptures69 that testify about me,
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- 67 Or “Study the scriptures thoroughly” (an imperative). For the meaning of the verb see G. Delling, 2:655–57.
- 68 In them you possess eternal life. Note the following examples from the rabbinic tractate (“The Sayings of the Fathers”): 2:8, “He who has acquired the words of the law has acquired for himself the life of the world to come”; 6:7, “Great is the law for it gives to those who practice it life in this world and in the world to come.”
- 69 The words “same scriptures” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the referent (“these”).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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