John 5:34
Now I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Text-Critical English NT
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.
35John was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.”
Luke 24:47and for repentance and remission of sins to be preached in his name to all 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 3:3Now what if some of them were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Romans 10:21But to 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 like one who is weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might 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 →