John 5:31

"If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony cannot be accepted.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

In Context

30"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.

32There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.

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Cross References

John 8:13"You are giving testimony about yourself," said the Pharisees; "your testimony is not true."

Revelation 3:14"And to the minister of the Church at Laodicea write as follows: "`This is what the Amen says--the true and faithful witness, the Beginning and Lord of God's Creation.

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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