John 5:34
But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
World English Bible
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.
35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
Romans 3:3For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
Romans 10:21But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, 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 →