Ἰωάννην 5:38

Greek Modern Translation

Και τον λογον αυτου δεν εχετε μενοντα εν εαυτοις, διοτι σεις δεν πιστευετε εις τουτον, τον οποιον εκεινος απεστειλεν.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
και τον λογον αυτου ουκ εχετε μενοντα εν υμιν οτι ον απεστειλεν εκεινος τουτω υμεις ου πιστευετε

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε ⸂ἐν ὑμῖν μένοντα⸃, ὅτι ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος τούτῳ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε ἐν ὑμῖν μένοντα, ὅτι ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος, τούτῳ ὑμεῖς οὐ πιστεύετε.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
και τον λογον αυτου ουκ εχετε μενοντα εν υμιν οτι ον απεστειλεν εκεινος τουτω υμεις ου πιστευετε

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
και τον λογον αυτου ουκ εχετε εν υμιν μενοντα οτι ον απεστειλεν εκεινος τουτω υμεις ου πιστευετε

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye have: John 5:42, John 5:46, John 5:47, John 8:37, John 8:46, John 8:47, John 15:7, Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Joshua 1:8, Psalms 119:11, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 2:2, Proverbs 7:1, Proverbs 7:2, Colossians 3:16, James 1:21, James 1:22, 1 John 2:14

for: John 5:43, John 1:11, John 3:18-21, John 12:44-48, Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 53:1-3

Reciprocal: Isaiah 26:10 - and will not John 6:45 - Every John 14:24 - and 1 John 5:10 - hath made

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye have not his word abiding in you,.... Which some understand of Christ himself, the Logos, or word: who, though he was now with them, being made flesh, and dwelling among them, yet would not long continue with them: though rather this designs the written word, or the Scriptures of truth; and especially that part of them, which contains prophecies concerning the Messiah, which did not dwell in them richly, nor they dwell in their meditation on them, as was requisite. Or rather, it may intend that word of God expressed in the testimony he bore to the sonship of Christ at his baptism, by a voice from heaven, which made no lasting impression upon the minds and hearts of the Jews that heard it; as appears by what follows:

for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not; meaning himself; for if they had had either a due regard to the sacred oracles, or to that voice from heaven at his baptism, they would have received and embraced him as the Messiah, and sent of God, and not have disbelieved and rejected him, as now they did.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His word abiding in you - His law does not abide in you - that is, you do not regard or obey it. This was the “third” thing that he charged them with.

1. They had not obeyed the command of God.
2. They had not regarded his manifestations, either in the times of the old dispensation, or now through the Messiah.
3. They did not yield to what he had said in the revelation of the Old Testament.

For whom he hath sent - God had foretold that the Messiah would come. He had now given evidence that Jesus was he; but now they rejected him, and this was proof that they did not regard the word of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. Ye have not his word abiding in you — Though ye believe the Scriptures to be of God, yet ye do not let them take hold of your hearts-his word is in your mouth, but not in your mind. What a miserable lot! to read the Scriptures as the true sayings of God, and yet to get no salvation from them! Thy word, says David, (Psalms 119:11,) have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. This, these Jews had not done. Reader, hast thou?