Jesus told the religious leaders of his time: “You are searching the Scriptures, because you think that by means of them you will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about me. ” ​ — John 5: 39.
( यशया ४९: ६, ८; प्रेषितांची कृत्ये १३: ४७; २ करिंथकर ६: २) येशूच्या काळात बरेच यहुदी सार्वकालिक जीवनाची आशा बाळगत होते; पण, ही आशा येशूच्याद्वारे पूर्ण होईल हे स्वीकारण्यास मात्र ते तयार नव्हते.