What Does John 5:39 Mean?

“Search”

to seek, i.e., (figuratively) to investigate

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the scriptures”

a document, i.e., holy writ (or its contents or a statement in it)

“for”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“ye”

you (as subjective of verb)

“think”

compare the base of g1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)

“in”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

“them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“life”

life (literally or figuratively)

“eternal”

perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well)

“ye have”

to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“they”

that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed

“are they”

they are

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“which testify”

to be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively)

“of”

properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas

“me”

of me