John 5:39

They search the Scriptures thinking they grant eternal life, yet these Scriptures testify of Jesus. The Scriptures point to Christ.

Cross-references · 40

• Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
• Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
• 2 Pet 1:19–21We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
• Acts 26:22–23But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
• Prov 8:33–34Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
• Matt 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Isa 34:16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
• 2 Tim 3:14–17But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
• John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
• Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
• Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• 1 Pet 1:10–11Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
• Jer 8:9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
• Ps 119:97–99Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
• Rom 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
• Acts 8:32–35The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
• Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• Acts 26:27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
• Rom 1:2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
• John 7:52“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
• Ps 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
• Deut 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
• John 5:32There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
• Rev 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Deut 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
• John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
• Ps 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
• Ps 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
• Deut 11:18–20Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
• Deut 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
• Luke 16:31Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
• Prov 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Luke 10:25–29One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Rom 2:17–18Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
• Dan 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Josh 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
• Luke 16:29But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
• Col 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
• Heb 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• Matt 19:16–20Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

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