Christian Standard Bible
John 5:46
46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
John 5:46 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
- New International Version (NIV)If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
Context of John 5:46
44How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47But if you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”
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εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωϋσεῖ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί· περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 5:46
- Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live for God.
- Galatians 3:10For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, Everyone who does not do everything written in the book of the law is cursed.
- Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?
- John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
- Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
- Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
- Genesis 18:18Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
- Genesis 22:18And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.”
- Genesis 28:14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
- Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.
- Numbers 21:8Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake image and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will recover.”
- Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead of Moab and strike down all the Shethites.
- Deuteronomy 18:15“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.
- Acts 26:22To this very day, I have had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place —
- Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes,
- Hebrews 7:1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings,
Commentaries on John 5:46
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46He wrote of me - For instance, in reciting the prophecy of Jacob, Genesis 49:10. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. And in Deuteronomy 18:18; : I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, etc. Confer this with Acts 3:22, and Acts 7:37. Besides, Moses pointed out the Messiah in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 45-47Verses 45-47 Many trust in some form of doctrines or some parties, who no more enter into the real meaning of those doctrines, or the views of the persons whose names they bear, than the Jews did into those of Moses. Let us search and pray over the Scriptures, as intent on finding eternal life; let us observe how Christ is the great subject of them, and daily apply to him for the life he bestows.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45-46The fifth and final witness for Jesus was Moses, the central figure through whom God gave the law to Israel. Earlier in the Gospel of John, Jesus is compared with Moses, who gave the law, while Jesus brought grace and truth (1:17; see also 6:14–15). The Jewish leaders failed to accept the words of Moses, who spoke clearly about the coming Messiah, including the promise of a prophet like himself (for example, Deuteronomy 18:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 43-4743-47. if another shall come, &c.--How strikingly has this been verified in the history of the Jews! "From the time of the true Christ to our time, sixty-four false Christs have been reckoned by whom they have been deceived" [Bengel].Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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