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OET (OET-LV) You_all_are_searching the scriptures, because you_all are_supposing to_be_having eternal life in them, and those are the ones testifying concerning me,
OET (OET-RV) You look in the Jewish scriptures because you suppose that they’ll lead you to eternal life. Those very scriptures testify about me coming,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐν αὐταῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν
in them life eternal /to_be/_having
Some Jews in Jesus’ time believed that a person could earn their way to heaven by studying the Scriptures and doing good deeds. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “you will get eternal life if you study them”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐν αὐταῖς & ἐκεῖναί εἰσιν αἱ
in them & those are the_‹ones›
In this verse, them, these, and the ones all refer to the Scriptures. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state some of these words explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the Scriptures … these Scriptures are the ones”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
ἐκεῖναί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ
those are the_‹ones› testifying concerning me
Here Jesus is speaking of the Scriptures as though they were a person who is testifying about who he is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this plainly. Alternate translation: “these indicate who I am”
5:1-40 This chapter reads like a courtroom drama, with a description of the crime (5:1-15), followed by a decision to prosecute (5:16), a description of the charges (5:18), and Jesus’ defense (5:17, 19-40).
OET (OET-LV) You_all_are_searching the scriptures, because you_all are_supposing to_be_having eternal life in them, and those are the ones testifying concerning me,
OET (OET-RV) You look in the Jewish scriptures because you suppose that they’ll lead you to eternal life. Those very scriptures testify about me coming,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.