John 5:45

John 5:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
• New International Version (NIV)“But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.

Context of John 5:45

43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God? “Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. 46If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”

John 5:45 word by word

Μὴ δοκεῖτε ὅτι ἐγὼ κατηγορήσω ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· ἔστιν ὁ κατηγορῶν ὑμῶν Μωϋσῆς εἰς ὃν ὑμεῖς ἠλπίκατε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Doδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• notμήmē · notG3361
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• will accuseκατηγορέωkatēgoreō · to accuseG2723
• youσύsu · youG4771
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• trustἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679

Cross-references for John 5:45

• John 7:19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
• John 8:5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
• Romans 2:12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
• Romans 7:9And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
• 2 Corinthians 3:7But if the ministry that produced death – carved in letters on stone tablets – came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),
• Galatians 3:10For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”
• John 9:28They heaped insults on him, saying, “You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!
• Matthew 19:7They said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”

Commentaries on John 5:45

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45Do not think that I will accuse you - You have accused me with a breach of the Sabbath, which accusation I have demonstrated to be false: I could, in return, accuse you, and substantiate the accusation, with the breach of the whole law; but this I need not do, for Moses, in whom ye trust, accuses you. You read his law, acknowledge you should obey it, and yet break it both in the letter and in the spirit. This law, therefore, accuses and condemns you. It…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Do not think that I will accuse you - Do not suppose that I intend to follow your example. They had accused Jesus of breaking the law of God, John 5:16. He says that he will not imitate their example, though he implies that he might accuse them. To the Father - To God. There is one that accuseth you - Moses might be said to accuse or reprove them. He wrote of the Messiah, clearly foretold his coming, and commanded them to hear him. As they did not do it…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

Topics related to John 5:45

• Confidence
• Jesus Continued
• Judgment

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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