John 5:37

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

In Context

36But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John’s; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out — the work that I am doing — is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his Messenger.

38and you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.

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Cross References

Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and there was a voice from the cloud that said — “This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight; him you must hear.”

John 6:27Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father — God himself — has set the seal of his approval.”

John 14:9“Have I been all this time among you,” said Jesus, “and yet you, Philip, have not recognised me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, ‘Show us the Father’?

1 Timothy 1:17To the Immortal King, ever-living, invisible, the one God, be ascribed honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 John 1:1It is of what has been in existence from the Beginning, of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands — it is about the Word who is the Life that we are now writing.

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 →

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