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John 5:34 KJV
John · chapter 5 · verse 34
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.John 5:34 · King James Version
John 5:34 in context
32There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- testimonymartyriaa testifying, the office committed to the prophets of testifying concerning future…G3141 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-47