If His time was not yet come, their time was always ready. The Jews, with all their privileges, were strangers here. It is not merely or most of all a great prophet or witness: He is the Son; and the Father has given all things to be in His hand. John 5:39-40 . This is grace and truth. Search the Scriptures The writings of Moses, and the prophets, which were of divine inspiration and authority, and are often appealed unto by Christ, and his apostles, for the truth of what they delivered; and were the standard of faith, and the test of doctrines; and therefore to be searched diligently into, for finding divine knowledge and improvement in it, and for the trial of . And he answered, No. The Lord, in the latter part of the chapter (verses John 6:27-58), contrasts the presentation of the truth of God in His person and work with all that pertained to the promises of Messiah. It is thus strikingly an anticipation of the result in glory. I know that you do not have the love of God . John 5:39-40: "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.". He who inspired them to communicate His thoughts of Jesus in the particular line assigned to each, raised up John to impart the highest revelation, and thus complete the circle by the deepest views of the Son of God. (Ver. It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. They wonder, as they had murmured before (John 7:12-15); but Jesus shows that the desire to do God's will is the condition of spiritual understanding. Surely He was there, a weary man outside Judaism; but God, the God of all grace, who humbled Himself to ask a drink of water of her, that He might give the richest and most enduring gift, even water which, once drank, leaves no thirst for ever and ever yea, is in him who drinks a fountain of water springing up unto everlasting life. So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out . ( NASB: Lockman) Greek: ego de lego ( 1SPAI) umin me antistenai ( AAN) to ponero; all' ostis se rapizei ( 3SPAI) eis ten dexian siagona [sou], strepson ( 2SAAM) auto kai ten allen. Jesus, therefore, answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. Was my salvation real in the first place? This closes the various aspects of the Lord Jesus, completely blotting out Judaism, viewed as resting in a system of law and ordinances, as looking to a Messiah with present ease, and as hoping for the display of Messianic glory then in the world. (John 12:48). John 5:39-44. Practical Bible study on John 5:19-47. Nay, "the world knew him not." Then said they unto him, Who art thou? The truth is, the design of manifesting His glory governs all; place or people was a matter of no consequence. The ignorance of the world has been proved, the rejection of Israel is complete: then only is it that we hear of this new place of children. Jesus explains: "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. For if, on the one side, God has taken care to let us see already the glory of the Son, and the grace of which He was full, on the other side, all shines out the more marvellously when we know how He dealt with a woman of Samaria, sinful and degraded. The resurrection of the Lord is not more truly a demonstration of His power and glory, than the only deliverance for disciples from the thraldom of Jewish influence. Flesh and world are judged morally. But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me. 39 You study[ a] the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. TO-NIGHT (SATURDAY) IYA AUCKLAND (650 k.c. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. In these two points of view, more particularly, John gives testimony to Christ; He is the lamb as the taker away of the world's sin; the same is He who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. John 5:39 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. They should have understood more about Him those that were specially favoured. Not only is there no healing to be extracted from the law by a sinner, but the law makes more evident the disease, if it does not also aggravate the symptoms. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalidsblind, lame, and paralyzed. In a certain sense, the principle of John 4:1-54 was made true in the woman of Samaria, and in others who received Christ then. Choose a verse from 'John 5' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org . Their refusal to come to Jesus was despite their searching of the Scriptures ( John 5:39 ). To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. Using the Bible to impress others rather than to grow in humility and love for God will keep you from faith in Christ (5:39-42). This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. Expressly had He told the man to take up his couch and walk, as well as to rise. He acts as such. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." (39) Search the scriptures.--Better, Ye search the Scriptures. One must be born again for God's kingdom a Jew for what was promised him, like another. (412) Though Christ does not permit his people to repel violence by violence, yet he does not forbid them to endeavor to avoid an unjust attack. 4. Thus, in His person, as well as in His work, they joined issue. This we have had fully before. It is His person as incarnate first, then in redemption giving His flesh to be eaten and His blood to be drank. They had the Scriptures, and they searched them. Without it there is no divine understanding of Christ, or of His word, or of Scripture. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. Thus former things pass away; the old man is judged, dead, and clean gone. John 7:38; John 7:38) And then we have the comment of the Holy Ghost: "(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)" There is, first, the thirsty soul coming to Jesus and drinking; then there is the power of the Spirit flowing forth from the inner man of the believer in refreshment to others. Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. When Jesus said, "You search the Scriptures" (John 5:39), the New Testament had not yet been written; the "Scriptures," which in the original language is (graphas) and literally means "writings," Jesus is referring to is just the Old Testament. the 'bad people' and If, on the contrary, a soul has been taught of God the glory of the person of Him who was made flesh, he receives in all simplicity, and rejoices in, the glorious truth, that He who was made flesh was not made flesh only to this end, but rather as a step toward another and deeper work the glorifying God, and becoming our food, in death. It passes over all question of dispensations, until it accomplishes, in all its extent, that purpose for which He thus died. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. If He put forth His power, it was not only beyond man's measure, but unequivocally divine, however also the humblest and most dependent of men. Yet some, by reason of the unsettled state of their wills, make slower progress in purification than . But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. To the Pharisees, indeed, his words as to the Lord are curt: nor does he tell them of the divine ground of His glory, as he had before and does after. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." The great fact of the incarnation is brought before us "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father"). (VerseJohn 4:10; John 4:10) Infinite grace! (Ver. (Ver. of He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those. If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. First, a new nature is insisted on the Holy Ghost's quickening of each soul who is vitally related to God's kingdom; next, the Spirit of God takes an active part not as source or character only, but acting sovereignly, which opens the way not only for a Jew, but for "every one." Thus it is not the Spirit of God simply giving a new nature; neither is it the Holy Ghost given as the power of worship and communion with His God and Father. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, Read full chapter. John 5:39 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible. The sacrificial death of Him who is God goes far beyond the thought of Israel. Commentary on John 5:39-44 (Read John 5:39-44) 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. 36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. So on the last day, that great day of the feast (the eighth day, which witnessed of a resurrection glory outside this creation, now to be made good in the power of the Spirit before anything appears to sight), the Lord stands and cries, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." He tells Philip to follow Him. John. The Lord, it is true, could and did go farther than the prophets: even if He taught on the same theme, He could speak with conscious divine dignity and knowledge (not merely what was assigned to an instrument or messenger).