John 5:36
"But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion--the very work which I am doing--affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
35He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.
Cross References
John 2:23Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.
John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 5:32There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.
John 10:25"I have told you," answered Jesus, "and you do not believe. The deeds that I do in my Father's name--they give testimony about me.
John 11:37But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"
John 15:24If I had not done among them, as I have, such miracles as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin; but they have in fact seen and also hated both me and my Father.
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 →