Holy Scripture
John 5:40
A church father on this verse
“Wherefore Christ when He referred the Jews to the Scriptures, sent them not to a mere reading, but a careful and considerate search; for He said not, "Read the Scriptures," but, "Search the Scriptures." Since the sayings relating to Him required great attention, (for they had been concealed from the beginning for the…”
Source: KJV New Testament
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40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
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38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
— John 5:40 —
41I receive not honour from men.
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.