John 5:46
44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
- KJV
- For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
- WEB
- For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
- ASV
- For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.
- DARBY
- for if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
- BLB
- For if you⁺ were believing Moses, you⁺ would have been believing Me; for he wrote concerning Me.
- ÅB
- For hadde dere trodd Moses, da hadde dere trodd meg; for det er om meg han har skrevet;
- OTB
- Hvis dere hadde tro på Moses, ville dere ha tro på meg, for han skrev om meg.
- B1930
- For hadde I trodd Moses, da hadde I trodd mig; for det er om mig han har skrevet;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:18–19
I 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.
Read in contextJohn 1:45
Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Read in contextLuke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Read in contextNumbers 24:17–18
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
Read in contextGenesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Read in contextActs 26:22
But 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:
Read in contextGenesis 22:18
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
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