SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:38
Ni tenéis su palabra permaneciendo en vosotros; porque al que él envió, a éste vosotros no creéis.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 5:38
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, (Psa. cxix. 11,) have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. This, these Jews had not done. Reader, hast thou?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 38. And ye have not his word abiding in you , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 30-38 - Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had highe testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as the refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, thus made effectual to the conversion of sinners, stil proclaims that this is the beloved Son, in whom the Father is wel pleased. But when the hearts of men are full of pride, ambition, an the love of the world, there is no room for the word of God to abide in them.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ τον 3588 T-ASM λογον 3056 N-ASM αυτου 846 P-GSM ουκ 3756 PRT-N εχετε 2192 5719 V-PAI-2P μενοντα 3306 5723 V-PAP-ASM εν 1722 PREP υμιν 5213 P-2DP οτι 3754 CONJ ον 3739 R-ASM απεστειλεν 649 5656 V-AAI-3S εκεινος 1565 D-NSM τουτω 5129 D-DSM υμεις 5210 P-2NP ου 3756 PRT-N πιστευετε 4100 5719 V-PAI-2P
Vincent's NT Word Studies
38. His word. Emphatic, commencing the sentence. Compare xvii. 6 sqq.; 1 John i. 10; ii. 14.
