John 5:35
John was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice in his light for a while.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
34But the testimony that I receive is not from man. I say these things that you might be saved.
Cross References
Exodus 34:35When the Israelites saw Moses' face shining, he would put the veil over his face again until he went back in to speak with Yahweh.
Matthew 3:5Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan River went out to him.
Matthew 11:11I say to you truly, among those born of women no one is greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.
Matthew 21:26But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, because they all view John as a prophet.”
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb.
Luke 7:28I say to you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”
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 →