John 5:34
"(Though for myself I accept no witness from man; I only mention that you may be saved.)
Montgomery 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
33"You yourselves sent to John, and he has been and is a witness to the truth.
35"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining - and you were willing for a time rejoice in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."
Luke 24:47"and that repentance unto remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 8:54"If I glorify myself." said Jesus, "my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, and you say, ‘He is our God.’
Romans 3:3Supposing some of them have proved faithless?
Romans 10:21But to Israel he says, All day long I have been spreading out my hands unto a disobedient and contrary people.
1 Corinthians 9:22I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may 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 →