John 5:35
He was a bright and shining light: and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in that light.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 I do not receive the witness with man: but I speak these things that you may be saved.
Cross References
Matthew 3:5Then Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, were coming out to him,
Matthew 11:11Truly I say unto you, Among those having been born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: nevertheless the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
Matthew 21:26But if we may say, From men: we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.
Luke 1:15For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine and strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from the womb of his mother.
Luke 7:28I say unto you, among those having been born of women no prophet is greater than John the Baptist; nevertheless the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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 →