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The Witness of Scripture

John 5:46

In 9 translations

BSB
If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
KJV
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
WEB
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
ASV
For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.
LSV
for if you were believing Moses, you would have been believing Me, for he wrote concerning Me;
YLT
for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;
DBY
for if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.
DRC
For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also; for he wrote of me.
GNV
For had ye beleeued Moses, ye would haue beleeued me: for he wrote of me.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of Μωϋσεῖ: Textus Receptus: Μωσῇ.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωϋσεῖ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί, περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν.
RP2018
Εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωσῇ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί· περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν.
TR-Boyd
Εἰ γὰρ ἐπιστεύετε Μωσῇ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί· περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἔγραψεν.
SCR1894
ει γαρ επιστευετε μωση επιστευετε αν εμοι περι γαρ εμου εκεινος εγραψεν

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👤 Moses◆ Bethesda pool healing

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  • Deuteronomy 18:18–19I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My…
  • John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  • Luke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
  • Numbers 24:17–18I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth. Edom will become a…
  • Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  • Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  • Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  • Numbers 21:8–9Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at…
  • Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
  • Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  • Hebrews 7:1–10This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means…
  • Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  • Galatians 4:21–31Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was…
  • Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
  • Galatians 3:24So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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