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 am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. 46For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye 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

• Thinkδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• notμήmē · notG3361
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• willεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• accuseκατηγορέωkatēgoreō · to accuseG2723
• youὑμεῖςhumeis · youG5210
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• oneὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• setἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679

Cross-references for John 5:45

• John 7:19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
• John 8:5Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?
• Romans 2:12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned under law shall be judged by law;
• Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
• Romans 7:9And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
• 2 Corinthians 3:7But if the ministration of death, written, and engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which glory was passing away:
• Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
• John 9:28And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
• Matthew 19:7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
• Romans 10:5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

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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• Moses
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• Lest
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• Pentateuch
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• Trouble
• Troubling
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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