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John 5:46 KJV

John · chapter 5 · verse 46

For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.John 5:46 · King James Version

John 5:46 in context

44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah. I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-47

believedpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
believedanhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
MosesmōysēsMoses = "drawing out", the legislator of the Jewish people and in a certain sense the…G3475 →
wrotegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →