John 5:34
But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that you may be saved;
Literal Standard Version
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.
35he was the burning and shining lamp, and you willed to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 24:47and conversion and forgiveness of sins is to 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 is glorifying Me, of whom you say that He is your God;
Romans 3:3for what, if certain were faithless? Will their faithlessness make the faithfulness of God useless?
Romans 10:21and to Israel He says, “All the day I stretched out My hands to a people unbelieving and contradicting.”
1 Corinthians 9:22to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may 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 →