John 5:34
But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this that *ye* might be saved.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
In Context
33Ye have sent unto John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
35*He* was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10for the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.
Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, [of] whom ye say, He is our God.
Romans 3:3For what? if some have not believed, shall their unbelief make the faith of God of none effect?
Romans 10:21But unto Israel he says, All the day long I have stretched out my hands unto a people disobeying and opposing.
1 Corinthians 9:22I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might 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 →