John 5:39
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
ζωή
Life
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ζωή
Life, living, existence. Zoe. I am the way the truth and the life. Zoe is divine life, not biological existence. It is the life of God shared with human beings through Christ.
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γραφή
Scriptures
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γραφή
Scripture, writing, sacred text. Graphe. All Scripture is God-breathed. Not all writing is Scripture. What is God-breathed is alive and active and eternally relevant.
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ἔχω
to have;
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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μαρτυρέω
bearing witness
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μαρτυρέω
To testify, to bear witness. We speak what we know and testify to what we have seen. Christian witness is personal experience not opinion.
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δοκέω
think
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δοκέω
compare the base of G1166 (δεικνύω)) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
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δέομαι
G1189
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δέομαι
To beg, to earnestly request. Passionate prayer that will not let go. Paul beseeched by the mercies of God.
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ἐκεῖνος
these
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ἐκεῖνος
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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ἐρευνάω
You diligently search
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ἐρευνάω
to seek, i.e. (figuratively) to investigate
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εἰμί
are they
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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