John 5:34
And I have not received testimony from men: but these things I say, that ye may live.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 unto John; and he bore testimony to the truth.
35He was a burning and shining lamp; and ye were willing for a time, to glory in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of man came, to seek and to vivify that which was lost.
Luke 24:47and that, in his name, repentance for the remission of sins should be preached among all nations, and that the commencement be at Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus said to them: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say, He is our God.
Romans 3:3For if some of them have not believed, have they, by their not believing, made the faith of God inefficient?
Romans 10:21But to Israel, he said: All the day, have I stretched out my hands to a contentious and disobedient people.
1 Corinthians 9:22I was with the weak, as weak, that I might gain the weak: I was all things to all men, that I might vivify every one.
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 →