A common misinterpretation is to view this as Jesus pitting the Old Testament against the New or dismissing Moses' authority, when in fact he affirms that Moses' writings testify about him and expose the leaders' inconsistency; others wrongly assume it teaches that the Law independently saves or eternally condemns without reference to Christ, ignoring the unified biblical message where Moses anticipates Jesus, or misapply it to all Jews rather than the specific unbelieving religious elite who rejected both.
John 5:45
King James Version (1769)
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
In this passage, Jesus addresses the Jewish leaders who rejected his testimony despite searching the Scriptures, explaining that he will not accuse them before the Father because Moses, whose writings they trust and honor, already serves as their accuser; the Law given through Moses condemns their unbelief since those very Scriptures point to Jesus as the Messiah, revealing their hypocrisy in claiming fidelity to Moses while rejecting the one he foretold.