Verse 39
`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;
Referenced Verses
- Luke 24:27 : 27 and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.
- Isa 34:16 : 16 Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them.
- 2 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts; 20 this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition, 21 for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.
- 1 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy, 11 searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,
- Acts 26:22-23 : 22 `Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come, 23 that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'
- 2 Tim 3:14-17 : 14 And thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, 15 and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that `is' in Christ Jesus; 16 every Writing `is' God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that `is' in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.
- Luke 24:44 : 44 and he said to them, `These `are' the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'
- Prov 8:33-34 : 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. 34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
- Acts 13:27 : 27 for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged `him' -- did fulfill,
- Acts 17:11 : 11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;
- Rom 1:2 : 2 which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings --
- Rom 3:2 : 2 much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God;
- Jer 8:9 : 9 Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?
- Ps 119:97-99 : 97 `Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation. 98 Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age. 99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation.
- Deut 18:15 : 15 `A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee -- unto him ye hearken;
- Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys `is' with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!
- Acts 8:32-35 : 32 And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: `As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth; 33 in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation -- who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.' 34 And the eunuch answering Philip said, `I pray thee, about whom doth the prophet say this? about himself, or about some other one?' 35 and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him -- Jesus.
- John 5:46 : 46 for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;
- Matt 22:29 : 29 And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;
- Mark 12:10 : 10 And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:
- John 1:45 : 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, `Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who `is' from Nazareth;'
- John 5:32 : 32 another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;
- John 5:36 : 36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
- John 7:52 : 52 They answered and said to him, `Art thou also out of Galilee? search and see, that a prophet out of Galilee hath not risen;'
- Luke 16:29 : 29 `Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
- Luke 16:31 : 31 And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'
- Prov 6:23 : 23 For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,
- Deut 32:47 : 47 for it `is' not a vain thing for you, for it `is' your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'
- Josh 1:8 : 8 the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
- Deut 11:18-20 : 18 `And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes; 19 and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up, 20 and hast written them on the side-posts of thy house, and on thy gates,
- Ps 36:9 : 9 For with Thee `is' a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.
- Ps 119:11 : 11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
- Acts 26:27 : 27 thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!'
- Rev 19:10 : 10 and I fell before his feet, to bow before him, and he saith to me, `See -- not! fellow servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren, those having the testimony of Jesus; bow before God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of the prophecy.'
- Rom 2:17-18 : 17 Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God, 18 and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,
- Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;
- Heb 11:16 : 16 but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.
- Heb 11:35 : 35 Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
- Ps 133:3 : 3 As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!
- Dan 12:2 : 2 `And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during.
- Matt 19:16-20 : 16 And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?' 17 And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one `is' good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.' 18 He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' 20 The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'
- Deut 17:18-19 : 18 `And it hath been, when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom, that he hath written for himself the copy of this law, on a book, from `that' before the priests the Levites, 19 and it hath been with him, and he hath read in it all days of his life, so that he doth learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them;
- Deut 18:18 : 18 a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren, like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth, and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him;
- Ps 1:2 : 2 But -- in the law of Jehovah `is' his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
- Ps 21:4 : 4 Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.
- Luke 10:25-29 : 25 And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' 26 And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?' 27 And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.' 28 And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.' 29 And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?'
- Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'