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John 5:47 KJV

John · chapter 5 · verse 47

But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?John 5:47 · King James Version

John 5:47 in context

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

writingsgrammaa letter, any writing, a document or record, a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written…G1121 →
believepisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →