John 5:39

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Searche the scripture, for ye thinke ye haue euerlastinge life therin: and the same is it that testifyeth of me,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐρευνᾶτε τὰς γραφάς· ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν: καὶ ἐκεῖναί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ.

Transliteration

Ereunate the graphas; because you dokeite in them zōēn aiōnion echein: and those eisin the ones martyrousai peri emou.

Grammar Details

• *Ereunate*: present active indicative or imperative, 2nd plural of *ereunaō* - you search/search
• *graphas*: noun, accusative, feminine, plural - scriptures/writings
• *hymeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, 2nd plural - you
• *dokeite*: present active indicative, 2nd plural of *dokeō* - think/suppose
• *autais*: personal pronoun, dative, feminine, plural - them
• *zōēn*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: adjective, accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
• *echein*: present active infinitive of *echō* - to have
• *ekeinai*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, plural - those
• *eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural of *eimi* - are
• *martyrousai*: present active participle, nominative, feminine, plural - bearing witness
• *peri*: preposition with genitive - concerning/about
• *emou*: personal pronoun, genitive, 1st singular - me

Word Meanings

• *Ereunate*: you search/search [imperative]/you are searching
• *graphas*: scriptures/writings
• *dokeite*: think/suppose/imagine
• *zōēn aiōnion*: eternal life/life everlasting
• *martyrousai*: bearing witness/testifying/giving evidence

Referenced Verses

• Luke 24:27 : 27 And he beganne at Moses and at all the prophetes, and expounded vnto them all the scriptures, that were spoken of him.
• Isa 34:16 : 16 Seke thorow the scripture of the LORDE & rede it. There shal none of these thinges be left out, there shal not one (ner soch like) fayle. For what his mouth commaundeth, that same doth his sprete gather together (or fulfilleth).
• 2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 We haue also a sure worde of prophecie, and ye do well that ye take hede thervnto, as vnto a lighte that shyneth in a darke place vntyll the daye dawne, and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes. 20 And this shal ye knowe first, that no prophecie in the scripture is done of eny priuate interpretacion. 21 For the prophecie was neuer broughte by the wyll of man, but the holy men of God spake, as they were moued of ye holy goost.
• 1 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched, which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpon you: 11 searchinge whan or at what tyme the sprete off Christ that was in them, shulde signifye, which (sprete) testified before the passions that shulde come vnto Christ, and the glory that shulde folowe after.
• Acts 26:22-23 : 22 But thorow the helpe of God lent vnto me, I stonde vnto this daye, and testifye both vnto small and greate, and saye no other thinge, the that ye prophetes haue sayde (that it shulde come to passe) and Moses, 23 that Christ shulde suffre, and be the first of the resurreccion from the deed, and shew light vnto the people, and to the Heythen.
• 2 Tim 3:14-17 : 14 But contynue thou in the thinges that thou hast lerned, which also were comytted vnto the, seynge thou knowest of who thou hast learned them, 15 And for so moch as thou hast knowne holy scripture of a childe, the same is able to make ye wyse vnto saluacion thorow the faith in Christ Iesu. 16 For all scripture geue by inspiracion of God, is profitable to teach, to improue, to amende, and to instructe in righteousnes, 17 that a man off God maye be perfecte, and prepared 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. For it must all be fulfilled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses, in the prophetes, & in the Psalmes.
• Prov 8:33-34 : 33 O geue eare vnto nurtoure, be wyse, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is ye man that heareth me, watchinge daylie at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores.
• Acts 13:27 : 27 For the inhabiters of Ierusalem, and their rulers, for somoch as they knewe him not, ner yet the voyces of the prophetes (which are red euery Sabbath) haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 (for they were the Eldest amonge the at Thessalonica) which receaued the worde maruelous wyllingly, and searched the scriptures daylie, whether it were euen so.
• Rom 1:2 : 2 (which he promysed a fore by his prophetes in ye holy scriptures)
• Rom 3:2 : 2 Surely very moch. First Vnto them was commytted what God spake.
• Jer 8:9 : 9 therfore shal the wise be confounded, they shalbe afrayed and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the LORDE: what wy?dome can then be amonge them?
• Ps 119:97-99 : 97 O what a loue haue I vnto thy lawe? all the daye longe is my talkynge of it. 98 Thou thorow thy commaundement hast made me wyser the myne enemies, for it is euer by me. 99 I haue more vnderstondinge then all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye.
• Deut 18:15 : 15 A prophet, like vnto me, shall the LORDE thy God raise the vp euen out of the, & from amonge thy brethren, vnto him shal ye herke,
• Ps 16:11 : 11 For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life: thou shalt make me full of ioye wt thy countenaunce. At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.
• Acts 8:32-35 : 32 The tenoure of the scripture which he red, was this: He was led as a shepe to be slayne, and as a lambe voycelesse before his sherer, so opened he not his mouth. 33 In his humblenesse is his iudgment exalted. Who shal declare his generacion? for his life is taken awaye from the earth. 34 Then answered the chamberlayne vnto Philippe, and sayde: I praye the, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himselfe, or of some other man? 35 Philippe opened his mouth, and beganne at this scripture, and preached him the Gospell of Iesus.
• John 5:46 : 46 Yf ye beleued Moses, ye shulde beleue me also: For he hath wrytte of me.
• Matt 22:29 : 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them: Ye erre, and vnderstode not the scriptures, ner the power of God.
• Mark 12:10 : 10 Haue ye not red this scripture: The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the headstone in the corner?
• John 1:45 : 45 Philippe founde Nathanael, and sayde vnto him: We haue founde him, of who Moses in the lawe, and ye prophetes haue wrytten, euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth.
• John 5:32 : 32 There is another that beareth wytnesse of me, and I am sure, that the wytnesse which he beareth of me, is true.
• John 5:36 : 36 Neuertheles I haue a greater wytnesse then the wytnesse of Ihon. For the workes which the father hath geue me to fynish, the same workes which I do, beare wytnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.
• John 7:52 : 52 They answered and sayde vnto him? Art thou a Galilean also? Searche and loke, out of Galile aryseth no prophet.
• Luke 16:29 : 29 Abraham sayde vnto him: They haue Moses and the prophetes, let them heare them.
• Luke 16:31 : 31 Neuertheles he sayde vnto him: Yf they heare not Moses & the prophetes, then shal they not beleue also, though one rose agayne fro the deed.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 (For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge & nurtoure is ye waye of life)
• Deut 32:47 : 47 For it is no vaine worde vnto you, but it is yor life: & this worde shal prolonge youre life in ye londe, whither ye go ouer Iordane to conquere it.
• Josh 1:8 : 8 And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth, but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte, that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytte therin: Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies, and deale wysely.
• Deut 11:18-20 : 18 Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules, and bynde the for a signe vpon youre handes, yt they maye be a token of remembraunce before yor eyes: 19 and teach them youre children, so that thou talke therof, whan thou syttest in thine house, or walkest by the waye: whan thou lyest downe, and whan thou rysest vp: 20 and wryte them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates,
• Ps 36:9 : 9 For by the is ye well of life, & in thy light, shall we se light.
• Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy wordes haue I hyd within my herte, yt I shulde not synne agaynst the.
• Acts 26:27 : 27 Beleuest thou the prophetes, O kynge Agrippa? I knowe that thou beleuest.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his fete, to worshippe him. And he sayde vnto me: Se thou do it not. For I am thy felowe seruaunt, and one of thy brethren, and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus. Worshippe God. For the testimony of Iesus is ye sprete of prophesy.
• Rom 2:17-18 : 17 But take hede, thou art called a Iewe, and trustest in the lawe, & makest thy boost of God, 18 and knowest his will: & for so moch as thou art enfourmed out of ye lawe,
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let ye worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome. Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them, synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE.
• Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desyre a better, that is to saye, a heauely. Wherfore God is not ashamed of the, eue to be called their God: for he hath prepared a cite for them.
• Heb 11:35 : 35 the wemen receaued their deed agayne from resurreccion. But other were racked, and accepted no delyueraunce, that they mighte optayne the resurreccion that better is.
• Ps 133:3 : 3 For there the LORDE promised his blessynge, and life for euermore.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake: some to euerlastinge life, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe.
• Matt 19:16-20 : 16 And beholde, one came vnto him, and sayde: Good master, what good shal I do, yt I maye haue the euer lastinge life? 17 He sayde vnto him: Why callest thou me good? there is none good, but God onely. Neuertheles yf thou wilt entre into life, kepe ye comaudemetes. 18 The sayde, he vnto him: Which? Iesus saide: Thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not breake wedlocke: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt beare no false wytnes: 19 Honoure father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self. 20 Then sayde the yonge ma vnto him: All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp: what lack I yet?
• Deut 17:18-19 : 18 And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome, he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe, and cause it be wrytten in a boke, 19 and that shall he haue by him, and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life, that he maye lerne to feare ye LORDE his God, to kepe all the wordes of this lawe, all these ordinauces, so that he do therafter.
• Deut 18:18 : 18 I wil rayse them vp a prophet from amonge their brethren like vnto the, and wyl put my wordes in his mouth, & he shal speake vnto them all that I shal comaunde him.
• Ps 1:2 : 2 But delyteth in the lawe of ye LORDE, & exercyseth himself in his lawe both daye and night.
• Ps 21:4 : 4 He asked life of the, & thou gauest him a longe life, eue for euer & euer.
• Luke 10:25-29 : 25 And beholde, there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him, and sayde: Master, what must I do, to inheret euerlastinge life? 26 He sayde vnto him: What is wrytten in the lawe? How readest thou? 27 He answered and sayde: Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neghboure as thy self. 28 He sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt lyue. 29 But he wolde haue iustified himself, & sayde vnto Iesus: Who is then my neghboure?
• Isa 8:20 : 20 Yf eny man want light, let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meanynge.