John 5:35
John was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
In Context
34Now I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Cross References
Matthew 3:5Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and so were all Judea and all the region around the Jordan.
Matthew 11:11Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist, but whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 21:26But we are afraid of what the crowd might do if we say, ‘From men,’ for everyone regards John as a prophet.”
Luke 1:15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink any wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Luke 7:28For I tell you, among those born of women there is no prophet greater than John the Baptist, but whoever is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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 →