John 5:31

If I give solemn edut (testimony) about myself, the edut of mine is not ne'emanah (reliable).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

In Context

30I am not able to do from myself anything. As I hear I judge, and mine is mishpat tzedek, + 5:30 Isa 28:6 because I do not seek my own ratzon (will) but the ratzon (will) of the One having sent me. + 5:30 Num 16:28

32There is Another giving solemn edut about me, however, and I have da'as that the edut He testifies about me is ne'emanah (reliable).

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Cross References

John 8:13Therefore, the Perushim said to him, You give solemn edut (testimony) about yourself. But your edut is not ne'emanah.

Revelation 3:14And to the malach of the Kehillah in Laodicea, write: These things says the Omein, the Ed HaNe'eman (the Faithful Witness) who is also HaEmes, the Reshit of the Bri'at Hashem, + 3:14 i.e., Hashem ʼs eternal Chochmah, Prov 8:22; Ps 33:6; Prov 30:4

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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