John 5:45
43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
- KJV
- Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
- WEB
- “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] who accuses you, Moses, on whom ye trust;
- BLB
- Do not think that I will accuse you⁺ to the Father. There is the one accusing you⁺: Moses, in whom you⁺ have hoped.
- ÅB
- dere må ikke tenke at jeg vil anklage dere hos Faren; det er en som anklager dere, Moses, han som dere har satt deres håp til.
- OTB
- Tro ikke at jeg vil anklage dere for Faderen. Deres anklager er Moses, som dere har satt deres håp til.
- B1930
- I må ikke tenke at jeg vil anklage eder hos Faderen; det er en som anklager eder, Moses, han som I har satt eders håp til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 3:19–20
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Read in contextGalatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Read in contextRomans 2:12
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:7–11
But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
Read in contextJohn 9:28–29
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
Read in contextRomans 10:5–10
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Read in contextRomans 2:17–29
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Read in contextJohn 7:19
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
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