John 5:34
But I receive not testimony from man: but I speak these things, that ye may believe.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
In Context
33Ye sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.
35He was a lamp glowing and luminous: and ye were pleased for a time to exult in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I assume glory to myself, my glory is nothing: it is the Father who glorifies me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
Romans 3:3For what if some were unbelievers? shall their unbelief render the faithfulness of God ineffectual?
Romans 10:21But unto Israel he saith, “All the day long have I stretched out my hands unto a people disobedient and contradicting.”
1 Corinthians 9:22I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every means I might 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 →