New English Translation
John 5:40
40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
John 5:40 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
- New International Version (NIV)yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
Context of John 5:40
38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. 39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. 41“I do not accept praise from people, 42but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
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καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 5:40
- John 5:44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
- John 1:11He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
- John 3:19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 8:45But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.
- John 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,
- Psalms 81:11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
- Isaiah 50:2Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
- Isaiah 53:1Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the Lord’s power revealed through him?
- Matthew 22:3He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
- Matthew 23:37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
- Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.
- John 6:27Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
- John 7:37On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,
- Romans 6:23For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Commentaries on John 5:40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40And ye will not come to me - Though ye thus search the Scriptures, in hopes of finding the Messiah and eternal life in them, yet ye will not come unto me, believe in me, and be my disciples, though so clearly pointed out by them, that ye may have that eternal life which can only come through me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40And ye will not come - Though the Old Testament bears evidence that I am the Messiah; though you professedly search it to learn the way to life, and though my works prove it, yet you will not come to me to obtain life. From this we may learn: 1.that life is to be obtained in Christ. He is the way, the truth, and the life, and he only can save us. 2.that, in order to do that, we must “come to him” - that is, must come in the way appointed, as lost…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 39-44Verses 39-44 The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a view to their own glory. It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the Scriptures…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-40The fourth witness of Jesus was the Scriptures. The Old Testament pointed to the Messiah, and Jesus fulfilled its prophecies (see Luke 24:25–27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4239-42. Search the scriptures, &c.--"In the Scriptures ye find your charter of eternal life; go search them then, and you will find that I am the Great Burden of their testimony; yet ye will not come to Me for that life eternal which you profess to find there, and of which they tell you I am the appointed Dispenser." (Compare Ac 17:11, 12). How touching and gracious are these last words! Observe here (1) The honor which Christ gives to the Scriptures, as a…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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