John 5:36
But I have testimony greater than John's. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, testify that the Father has sent me.
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In Context
35John was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
Cross References
John 2:23While Jesus was in Jerusalem during the feast of the Passover, many believed in his name because they saw the signs he was doing.
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
John 5:32There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.
John 10:25Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name testify about me,
John 11:37But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have also kept this man from dying?”
John 15:24If I had not done among them the works that no one else had done, they would have no sin, but now they have 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 →