John 5:39-40 You search through the Scriptures i.e., the Old Testament, because you think that you will learn how to have never ending life by reading them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁹ You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me. ⁴⁰ But you do not want to come to me [i.e., to believe in me. See verse 38] so that you will have [never ending] life.