John 5:47

ἐκείνου … ἐμοῖς. These are the emphatic words, not γράμμασιν and ῥήμασιν. The comparison is between Moses and Christ; the contrast between writings and words is no part of the argument. It was a mere matter of fact that Moses had written and Christ had not. Comp. ‘If they hear not Moses and the prophets, &c., (Luke 16:31). For εἰ οὐ see on John 10:37. On ῥήμασιν see on John 3:34.

We pass now from a crisis in the work at Jerusalem to a crisis in the work in Galilee, each typical of the section to which it belongs and exhibiting the development of national unbelief.