John 5:34
but I do not receive the witness with man: but I speak these things that you may be saved.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 sent to John, and he witnessed to the truth:
35He was a bright and shining light: and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in that light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost.
Luke 24:47and repentance unto remission of sins is to be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus responded, If I may glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is the one glorifying me; whom you say, that, He is our God;
Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? whether will their unbelief destroy the faith of God?
Romans 10:21But to Israel he says, All day long have I reached forth my hands to a gainsaying and disobedient people.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, that I may gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I may indeed 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 →