Biblica_1:Layout 1 21-11-2011 12:59 Pagina 387 387 JOHN 5,31-47 AND THE TEACHING OF JESUS IN THE SYNOPTICS 4. The Witness of Scripture (John 5,45-47) [5,45a] [0/0] Do not think that I will ac- cuse you before the Father; [5,45b] [Mark 7,6-13 par.] your accuser is Moses, on Isaiah prophesied rightly about [0/1] whom you have set your you hypocrites, as it is written, hope. ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; (…) For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’ But you say (…) [5,46] [Luke 24,44] If you believed Moses [ta. everything written [Mwusei], you would believe gegramme,na] about me in the ? [1/2] me, for he wrote [e;grayen] law of Moses [Mwu?se,wj], the about me. prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled. [Matt 5,17] Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the [0/2] prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. [Luke 16,31] [5,47] If they do not listen to Moses But if you do not believe [Mwu?se,wj; cf. 5,46] and the what he wrote [toi/j evkei,nou [1/2] prophets, neither will they be gra,mmasin; cf. 5,46], how convinced even if someone will you believe what I say? rises from the dead. In these last verses of the discourse, Jesus introduces a third wit- ness to his person and ministry, arguing that it is the Scriptures that testify to the validity of his claims. This statement must have shocked the Jews, who boasted in their knowledge of and obedience to Scripture and set their hopes on Moses as their intercessor and ad-