John 5:38

“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…”

“not his word abiding in you--passing now from the Witness to the testimony borne by Him in "the lively oracles" (Act 7:38): both were alike strangers to their breasts, as was evidenced by their rejecting Him to whom all that witness was borne.”

“His word abiding in you - His law does not abide in you - that is, you do not regard or obey it. This was the “third” thing that he charged them with. They had not obeyed the command of God. They had not regarded his manifestations, either in the times of the old dispensation, or now through the Messiah. They did not yield to what he had said in the revelation of the Old Testament. For whom he hath sent - God had foretold that the Messiah would come. He had now given evidence that Jesus was he; but now they rejected him, and this was proof that they did not regard the word of God. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Ye have not his word - All who believe have the word of the Father (the same with the word of the Son) abiding in them, that is, deeply ingrafted in their hearts. John 5:39”

“ye have: Joh 5:42, Joh 5:46, Joh 5:47, Joh 8:37, Joh 8:46, Joh 8:47, Joh 15:7; Deu 6:6-9; Jos 1:8; Psa 119:11; Pro 2:1, Pro 2:2; Pro 7:1, Pro 7:2; Col 3:16; Jam 1:21, Jam 1:22; Jo1 2:14 for: Joh 5:43, Joh 1:11, Joh 3:18-21, Joh 12:44-48; Isa 49:7, Isa 53:1-3 John 5:39”