John 5:35
He was the burning and shining lamp; and you were willing, for a time, to rejoice in his light.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
In Context
34But I receive not testimony from man; yet I say these things that you may be saved.
Cross References
Matthew 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
Matthew 11:11Verily, I say to you, Among those born of women, there has not risen a greater than John the Immerser. But the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 21:26But if we reply, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet.
Luke 1:15For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 7:28For I say to you, Among those born of women, there is no prophet greater than John the Immerser. But the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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 →