John 5:39

Greek	ἐραυνᾶτε τὰςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ γραφάς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς δοκεῖτε ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. αὐταῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν· καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἐκεῖναί εἰσίνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. αἱplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ·
ESV	You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
NIV	You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
NLT	“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
KJV	Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

^{John 5:38 ← John 5:39 → John 5:40}

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