John 5:35
He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
Cross References
Matthew 3:5Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley--
Matthew 11:11"I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.
Matthew 21:26and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."
Luke 1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.
Luke 7:28"I tell you that among all of women born there is not one greater than John. Yet one who is of lower rank 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 →