John 5:36
"But I have testimony greater than that of John; for the work which the Father has given me to bring to completion - the work which I am doing - bears testimony concerning me, that the Father has sent me.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
35"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining - and you were willing for a time rejoice in his light.
Cross References
John 2:23Now when he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many believed in his name, when they beheld the signs which he did;
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
John 5:32"Another bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears concerning me is valid.
John 10:25Jesus answered them. "I have told you, and you do not believe. The works which I am doing in my Father’s name, these bear witness concerning me.
John 11:37"Could not this man, who has opened the eyes of the blind man, have prevented this man also from dying?"
John 15:24"If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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 →