John 5:36
But I have the testimony greater than John’s, for the works that the Father gave Me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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In Context
35he was the burning and shining lamp, and you willed to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
Cross References
John 2:23And as He was in Jerusalem, in the Passover, in the celebration, many believed in His Name, beholding His signs that He was doing;
John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world that He may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through Him;
John 5:32there is another who is testifying concerning Me, and I have known that the testimony that He testifies concerning Me is true;
John 10:25Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in the Name of My Father, these testify concerning Me;
John 11:37And certain of them said, “Was not this One, who opened the eyes of the blind man, also able to cause that this one might not have died?”
John 15:24if I did not do among them the works that no other has done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both Me and My Father;
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 →