Yohanes 5:39

5:39 You study the scriptures thoroughly ¹  because you think in them you possess eternal life, ²  and it is these same scriptures ³  that testify about me,

Yohanes 5:34

5:34 (I do not accept ⁴  human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

Yohanes 10:25

10:25 Jesus replied, ⁵  “I told you and you do not believe. The deeds ⁶  I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

[5:39]  ¹ tn Or “Study the scriptures thoroughly” (an imperative). For the meaning of the verb see G. Delling, TDNT 2:655-57.

[5:39]  ² 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]  ³ tn The words “same scriptures” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify the referent (“these”).

[5:34]  ⁴ tn Or “I do not receive.”

[10:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “answered them.”

[10:25]  ⁶ tn Or “the works.”