Joh 5:39, 45-47 | Family | STEP | The scriptures ; the Old Testament, by following which they hoped for heaven; and yet those scriptures showed that he was the Messiah, and that they must believe in him, or perish.

‏ John 5:39

The scriptures; the Old Testament, by following which they hoped for heaven; and yet those scriptures showed that he was the Messiah, and that they must believe in him, or perish.

‏ John 5:45-47

Do not think that I; he did not come to condemn them, nor was there any occasion that he should do so.

Moses; he had foretold, De 18:15-19, the coming of the Messiah, and the condemnation of those who should reject him. His writings therefore, which they professed to follow, condemned them.