Matius 22:29

22:29 Jesus ¹  answered them, “You are deceived, ²  because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

Yohanes 5:39

5:39 You study the scriptures thoroughly ³  because you think in them you possess eternal life, ⁴  and it is these same scriptures ⁵  that testify about me,

[22:29]  ¹ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[22:29]  ² tn Or “mistaken” (cf. BDAG 822 s.v. πλανάω 2.c.γ).

[5:39]  ³ tn Or “Study the scriptures thoroughly” (an imperative). For the meaning of the verb see G. Delling, TDNT 2:655-57.

[5:39]  ⁴ sn In them you possess eternal life. Note the following examples from the rabbinic tractate Pirqe Avot (“The Sayings of the Fathers”): Pirqe Avot 2:8, “He who has acquired the words of the law has acquired for himself the life of the world to come”; Pirqe Avot 6:7, “Great is the law for it gives to those who practice it life in this world and in the world to come.”

[5:39]  ⁵ tn The words “same scriptures” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the referent (“these”).