John 5:34
But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.
Revised Version 1895
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 have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.
35He was the lamp that burneth and shineth: and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;
Romans 3:3For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?
Romans 10:21But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means 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 →