John 5:35
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth: and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
In Context
34But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.
Cross References
Exodus 34:35and the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Matthew 3:5Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan;
Matthew 11:11Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 21:26But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.
Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 7:28I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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 →