John 5:39

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Searche the scriptures, for in them ye thynke ye haue eternall lyfe: and they are they which testifie of me.

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  • Luke 24:27 : 27 And he began at Moyses, and all the prophetes, and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were writen of hym.
  • Isa 34:16 : 16 Seke through the booke of the Lorde and reade it: there shall none of these thynges be left out, there shall not one nor such lyke fayle: for his mouth commaundeth, and that same doth his spirite gather together, or fulfyll.
  • 2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes. 20 So that ye first knowe this, that no prophesie in the scripture is of any priuate motion. 21 For the prophesie came not in olde time by the wyll of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moued by the holy ghost.
  • 1 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Of which saluation haue ye prophetes enquired & searched, which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you: 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them, shoulde signifie, which spirite testified before, the passions that should happen vnto Christe, and the glorie that shoulde folowe after.
  • Acts 26:22-23 : 22 Seyng therefore, that I haue obtayned helpe of God, I continue vnto this day, witnessyng both to small and to great, saying none other thynges, then those which the prophetes and Moyses dyd say shoulde come: 23 That Christe shoulde suffer, and that he shoulde be the first that shoulde ryse from the dead, and shoulde shewe lyght vnto the people, and to the gentiles.
  • 2 Tim 3:14-17 : 14 But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned, which also were committed vnto thee, knowyng of whom thou hast learned them: 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus. 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and is profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse, 17 That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he sayde vnto them: These are the wordes which I spake vnto you, whyle I was yet with you, that all must needes be fulfylled, which were written of me in the law of Moyses, and in the prophetes, and in the psalmes.
  • Prov 8:33-34 : 33 O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not: 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For they that dwell at Hierusalem, and their rulers, because they knewe hym not, nor yet the voyces of the prophetes which are read euery Sabboth day, they haue fulfylled them in condempnyng hym:
  • Acts 17:11 : 11 These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which receaued the worde with all redynesse of mynde, and searched the scriptures dayly, whether those thynges were so.
  • Rom 1:2 : 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in ye holy scriptures
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much euery way. First, for because yt vnto them were committed ye wordes of God.
  • Jer 8:9 : 9 Therefore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afraide and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde, what wisdome can then be among them?
  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 Mem Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe? my study is all the day long in it. 98 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me. 99 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study.
  • Deut 18:15 : 15 The Lorde thy God wyll stirre vp vnto thee a prophete among you, euen of thy brethren like vnto me, vnto hym ye shall hearken,
  • Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy, and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore.
  • Acts 8:32-35 : 32 The tenour of the scripture which he read, was this: He was ledde as a sheepe to the slaughter, & lyke a lambe dumbe before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth. 33 In his humilitie, his iudgement is exalted: But who shall declare his generation? For his lyfe is taken from the earth. 34 And the Eunuche aunswered Philip, and sayde: I pray thee of whom speaketh the prophete this? Of hym selfe, or of some other man? 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached vnto hym Iesus.
  • John 5:46 : 46 For had ye beleued Moyses, ye would haue beleued me: for he wrote of me.
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 Iesus aunswered & sayde vnto them: ye do erre, not knowyng the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Haue ye not read this Scripture? The stone which the builders dyd refuse, is become the chiefe stone of the corner:
  • John 1:45 : 45 Philip founde Nathanael, and sayth vnto hym: We haue founde hym, of whom Moyses in the lawe, and the prophetes, dyd write: Iesus of Nazareth, the sonne of Ioseph.
  • John 5:32 : 32 There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true.
  • John 5:36 : 36 But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.
  • John 7:52 : 52 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search & loke: For out of Galilee aryseth no prophete.
  • Luke 16:29 : 29 Abraham sayde vnto hym: they haue Moyses and the prophetes, let them heare them.
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 He sayde vnto hym: If they heare not Moyses & the prophetes, neither wyll they beleue, though one rose from death agayne.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you: for in it is your lyfe, and through this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it.
  • Josh 1:8 : 8 Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, but occupie thy minde therein day & night, that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all yt is written therein: For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt do wisely.
  • Deut 11:18-20 : 18 Therefore shall ye put vp these my wordes in your heart & in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hande, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes. 19 And ye shall teache them your chyldren, that they may talke of them when thou sittest in thyne house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp. 20 Yea, and thou shalt wryte them vpon the doore postes of thyne house, and vpon thy gates:
  • Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe: and in thy light shall we see light.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.
  • Acts 26:27 : 27 Kyng Agrippa, beleuest thou the prophetes? I wote wel that thou beleuest.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feete to worship him. And he saide vnto me: See thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and of thy brethren, euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus. Worship God: For the testimonie of Iesus, is the spirite of prophesie.
  • Rom 2:17-18 : 17 Behold, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the lawe, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his wyll, and alowest the thinges that be excellent, infourmed by the lawe:
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde.
  • Heb 11:16 : 16 But nowe they desire a better, that is, a heauenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a citie.
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 The women receaued their dead, raysed to lyfe agayne: Other were racked, not lokyng for deliueraunce, that they might receaue a better resurrectio.
  • Ps 133:3 : 3 It is also like vnto the deawe of Hermon: whiche falleth downe vpon the hyll of Sion. For God hath commaunded his blessing: and life euerlasting to be where is suche concorde.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake, some to euerlasting life, & some to shame & perpetuall contempt.
  • Matt 19:16-20 : 16 And beholde, one came, and sayde vnto hym: good maister, what good thyng shall I do, that I may haue eternall lyfe? 17 He sayde vnto hym: why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, and that is God. But yf thou wylt enter into lyfe, kepe the commaundementes. 18 He sayth vnto hym: Which? Iesus sayde: Thou shalt do no murther, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse, 19 Honour father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. 20 The young man sayth vnto hym: All these thynges haue I kept, from my youth vp: what lacke I yet?
  • Deut 17:18-19 : 18 And when he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome, he shall write hym out a copie of this lawe in a booke before the priestes the Leuites: 19 And it shalbe with hym, and he ought to reade therin all the dayes of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lorde his God, and to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and these ordinaunces, for to do them:
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I wyll raise them vp a prophete from among their brethren lyke vnto thee, and wyll put my wordes in his mouth, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaunde hym.
  • Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the lawe of God: and in God his lawe exerciseth himselfe day and night.
  • Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him long dayes: euen for euer and euer.
  • Luke 10:25-29 : 25 And beholde, a certaine lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying: Maister, what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe? He sayde vnto hym: 26 What is written in the lawe, howe readest thou? 27 And he aunswered, and saide: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, & with all thy strength, and with al thy mynde, and thy neyghbour as thy selfe. 28 And he sayde vnto hym, Thou hast aunswered ryght: this do, and thou shalt lyue. 29 But he, wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe, said vnto Iesus: and who is my neighbour?
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Get thee to the lawe, and the testimonie: and if they speake not after this worde, there is no light in them.

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