John 5:34
But I receive not testimony from man; yet I say these things that you may be saved.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
In Context
33You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.
35He was the burning and shining lamp; and you were willing, for a time, to rejoice in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; it is my Father that honors me, of whom you say, that he is your God.
Romans 3:3What, indeed, if some have been unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness overthrow the faithfulness of God?
Romans 10:21But with respect to Israel, he says: All day long have I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contradicting people.
1 Corinthians 9:22to the weak I became like one who was weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some.
Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →