John 5:31

If I should witness concerning myself, my testimony would not be (regarded as) truth:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

In Context

30I CANNOT of the will of myself do any thing; but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just; for I seek not my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

32there is another who witnesseth of me, and I know that true is his testimony which he hath witnessed of me.

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Cross References

John 8:13The Pharishee say to him, Thou of thyself testifiest: thy testimony is not the truth.

Revelation 3:14And to the angel of the church which is in Ladikia write: These saith the Amen, the Witness, the faithful, the true, the Head of the creation of Aloha.

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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