"He is not saying that through the scripture and outside of tradition we get eternal life, which was your original, mistaken, point."
He says that it is the scripture that testify of Him, not tradition that the Pharisees were relying on for their works based righteousness. Jesus was telling them it was the scripture that revealed Him as the Way, but they would not believe Him because they were invested in their tradition interpreted scripture.
Do you actually read your own prooftexts?
Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have life everlasting (John 5:39)
Not a word about tradition or salvation by works; but it is the pharisees, who are described, with some irony, as those who think that everlasting life is found in the scripture., when Jesus is sitting right in front of them.
He says that it is the scripture that testify of Him, not tradition that the Pharisees were relying on for their works based righteousness. Jesus was telling them it was the scripture that revealed Him as the Way, but they would not believe Him because they were invested in their tradition interpreted scripture.
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Well put.
Thanks.