John 5:34

But the testimony that I receive is not from man. I say these things that you might be saved.

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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 the truth.

35John was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice in his light for a while.

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Cross References

Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the people who are lost.”

Luke 24:47Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me—about whom you say that he is your God.

Romans 3:3For what if some Jews were without faith? Will their unbelief abolish God's faithfulness?

Romans 10:21But to Israel he says, “All the day long I reached out my hands to a disobedient and stubborn people.”

1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, so that I may win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means 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 →

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