Ye search (εραυνατε). Proper spelling as the papyri show rather than ερευνατε, the old form (from ερευνα, search) as in 7:52. The …

Search the scriptures. The word translated search here means to search diligently or anxiously. It is applied t…

Search the scriptures.—Better, You search the Scriptures. The question of whether the mood is imperative or indicative—wh…

They were great Bible-readers, great students of the letter, but they would not come to Christ; and therefore the Scriptures themselves became a to…

St. John Chrysostom: He now brings proof for those high declarations about Himself. He answers an objection: If I bear wit…

Jesus’ final witne is the Scriptures. After the destruction of the temple of Solomon in 586 B. C., the Jewish scholars of the Exile substituted the…

Search the Scriptures. We have said that the statement which Christ previously made — that He has the Father as a witness in heaven — refe…

Search the Scriptures
The writings of Moses, and the prophets, which were of divine inspiration and authority, and a…

The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their han…

1. Having taught about the life-giving power of the Son, Jesus now confirms it. First, he confirms what he had said about the excellence of …