John 5:40
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John 5:40 in other translations
| BSB | yet you refuse to come to Me to have life. |
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| WEB | Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. |
| ASV | and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. |
| YLT | and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life; |
| DARBY | and ye will not come to me that ye might have life. |
| BBE | And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life. |
| Webster | And ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. |
What does John 5:40 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:39-42
39-42. Search the scriptures, &c.--"In the Scriptures ye find your charter of eternal life; go search them then, and you will find that I am the Great Burden of their testimony; yet ye will not come to Me for that life eternal which you profess to find there, and of which they tell you I am the appointed Dispenser." (Compare Ac 17:11, 12). How touching and gracious are these last words! Observe here (1) The honor…
Barnes' Notes
1st. That life is to be obtained in Christ. He is the way, the truth, and the life, and he only can save us.
2nd. That, in order to do that, we must come to him--that is, must come in the way appointed, as lost sinners, and be willing to be saved by him alone.
3rd. That the reason why sinners are not saved lies in the will. "The only reason why sinners die is because they will not come to Christ for life and happiness: it is not because they cannot, but because they will not" (Henry).
4th. Sinners have a particular opposition to going to Jesus Christ for eternal life. They would prefer any other way, and it is commonly not until all other means are tried that they are willing to submit to him.
(q) "ye will not come to me" Jn 3:19
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 5:39-44
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 hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a view to their own glory. It is possible for men to be very studious in the…
John 5:40 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 5:40
- John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
- Psalms 81:11
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
- Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
- John 7:37-38
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
- John 8:45-46
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
- John 6:40
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- 1 John 5:11-13
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
- Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Context
- John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
- John 5:40
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
- John 5:41
I receive not honour from men.
John 5:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no queréis venir á mí, para que tengáis vida. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – et vous ne voulez pas venir à moi pour avoir la vie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und ihr wollt nicht zu mir kommen, auf daß ihr Leben habet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et non vultis venire ad me ut vitam habeatis. |