John 5:34
But I receive not testimony from man: but I say these things, that you may be saved.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 gave testimony to the truth.
35He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 24:47And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God.
Romans 3:3For what if some of them have not believed? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid!
Romans 10:21But to Israel he saith: All the day long have I spread my hands to a people that believeth not and contradicteth me.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.
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 →