John 5:33

You [pl.] have sent to Yochanan and he has given solemn edut (testimony) to HaEmes (the Truth).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

In Context

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).

34Not that I accept edut from Bnei Adam, but I say these things that you may come to Yeshu'at Eloheinu.

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Cross References

John 1:15And Yochanan gives solemn edut (testimony) about him and has cried out, This was he about whom I said, Hu HaBah (He who comes) + 1:15 Gn 49:10; Ezek 21:27 after me is really before me in priority, because, before I came to be, he was. + 1:15 Yn 8:58

John 3:26And they came to Yochanan and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Yarden, the one to whom you have given solemn edut, hinei, this one gives the mikveh mayimʼs tevilah and kol Bnei Adam come to him.

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 →

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