“ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. ”
If I bear witness of myself - If I have no other evidence than my own testimony about myself. My witness - My testimony; my evidence. The proof would not be decisive. Is not true - The wo...
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not (p) true. (p) Faithful, that is, worthy to be credited; see ( John 8:14 ).
Witness. The subject is introduced abruptly, but rises naturally out of the circumstances. The claims made, if less than the author represents them, were such as to raise the question of authority....
If. Assuming the condition, where experience will decide. App-118. I. Emphatic. I alone. bear witness . See note on John 1:7 . of . concerning. Greek. peri. App-104. The emphasis being on...
31. If I testify concerning myself. He does not here take any thing away from the credit due to his testimony, which he elsewhere asserts in strong terms, but he speaks by way of concession;...
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. If I bear witness - If I had no proof to bring of my being the Messiah, and equal to God, common sense would direct you to reject my testimony; bu...
If I bear witness of myself, &c.— These certainly were very grand assertions, which our Lord made of his own dignity. But he did not require his hearers to believe them merely on the authority...
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. If I bear witness of myself, х peri ( G4012 )] - 'concerning Myself;' that is, in the sense already explained-standing alone, and sett...
Bethesda. Christ and the Sabbath 1-47. A miracle at the Pool of Bethesda on the Sabbath Day, and a controversy arising therefrom. This miracle may be regarded as a parable illustrating the deadly...
If I bear witness of myself. — This verse is the link between the thoughts of Christ’s person ( John 5:17-30 ) and the witness to Him ( John 5:32-40 ). He can do nothing of Himself ( John 5:30 ), a...
Chapter 13 JESUS LIFE-GIVER AND JUDGE. “The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because He did these thin...
Jesus' Works His Sufficient Witness John 5:30-38 The one desire and purpose of our Lord was to do God's will. We cannot penetrate the mystery of His ineffable being, but clearly, so far as His...
It was at this time that the conflict between Christ and His enemies, which culminated in His Cross began. A miracle wrought on the Sabbath gave rise to this first outbreak. Throughout this chapter w...
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. (16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbat...
If I bear witness of myself ,.... Which was not allowed any man to do; nor indeed is it proper that a man should be a witness in his own cause: and, according to the Jewish canons, a man might not b...
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. Ver. 31. My witness is not true ] That is, fit, firm, valid, foro humano, Concessio rhetorica. Beza.
If I bear witness of myself my witness is not true Heylin and Wesley read, is not valid; Doddridge, is not [ to be admitted as ] true; and Campbell, is not to be regarded; observing, “In e...
AGAIN IN JERUSALEM: THE POOL OF BETHESDA (vs.1-15) Once more we find the Lord Jesus visiting Jerusalem, and as in Chapter 2:13 the feast is called "the Jews' Passover" rather than the Passover of...
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 The...
This seemeth to contradict what he saith, 1 Thessalonians 8:14 , Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: but our Saviour here speaketh according to the common opinion of the Jews,...
“If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.” Clearly Jesus did not literally mean that His witness was not true simply because it was His own. He was rather acknowledging that self-testimo...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 5:19 . The Son can do nothing of Himself. —This statement refers back to and justifies that of John 5:17 . He is still speaking of the eternal relation in wh...
witness Compare ( John 8:14 ). In ( John 5:31 ). Our Lord, defending His Messianic claims before Jews who denied those claims, accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which required "two wit...
John 5:24 . Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, If we truly believe the word of Christ, and trust in him who sent h...
John 5:2 . Now there is at Jerusalem a pool, called Bethesda, which signifies a house of mercy, beneficence, or alms. The pool was situate at too great a distance from the temple to be a place for...
If I bear witness of Myself My witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of Me The witnesses of the Son I. A GREAT WITNESS, His forerunner. The Baptist as a witness for Christ...
EXPOSITION Here commences the second division of the Gospel ( John 5:1 ) II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH...
If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
John 8:13 ; John 8:14 ; John 8:54 ; Proverbs 27:2 ; Revelation 3:14
Son of God and God the Son John 5:31-35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The greatest of all questions is the one suggested in the twenty-second chapter of Matthew: "What think ye of Christ? whose Son is He...
If I testify of myself — That is, if I alone, (which indeed is impossible,) my testimony is not valid.