John 5:47 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁷But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

John 5:47 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 16:31
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 16:29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Topics

Atheism Bible Disbelief Godlessness Impenitence Infidelity Scoffing Scriptures

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 31-47)

In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah. I. He sets aside his own testimony of himself (John 5:31): “ If I bear witness of myself, though it is infallibly true (John 8:14), yet, according to the common rule of judgment among men, you will not admit it as legal proof, nor allow it to be given in ev…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 47)

43-47. 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].