John 5:34
Yet I do not accept the testimony from a man; but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Family 35 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 have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.
35That man was a burning, shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to be glad in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10because the Son of the Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 24:47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
Romans 3:3So, what if some did not believe? Their unbelief will not nullify God's faithfulness, will it?
Romans 10:21But concerning Israel he says: “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
1 Corinthians 9:22to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might 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 →