John 5:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. ”

• John 5:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I receive not testimony from men - I do not depend for proof of my Messiahship on the testimony of men, nor do I pride myself on the commendations or flattery of men. But these things ... - “...

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• John 5:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• John 5:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  from . Greek. para. App-104.

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• John 5:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. I receive not testimony from men. Yet it was not in vain that God chose Christ to be a witness to him, and Christ himself declares, on another occasion, that the disciples will be hi...

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• John 5:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. But I receive not testimony from man [only] - I have no need of John's testimony: the works that I do bear suffic...

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• John 5:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But I receive not testimony from man:— "I stand in no need of the testimony of John, or of any other man; nor do I seek after such kind of evidence with any anxiety. But I say these things to yo...

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• John 5:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. But I receive not testimony from man - that is, I depend not on human testimony. That He should have perm...

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• John 5:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But I receive not testimony... — There is no reason for changing the word. The substantive, and verbs from John 5:31 , have been rendered by “witness,” and it is better to keep it here. The Englis...

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• John 5:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But I receive not testimony from man ,.... He stood in no need of an human testimony, nor did he rest the truth of his deity and divine sonship thereon: he had other and greater testimonies to produ...

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• John 5:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. Ver. 34. That ye might be saved ] This was that which he sought in all his oracles and miracles. Salvation pr...

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• John 5:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 5:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved.       31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.   32 The...

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• John 5:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I receive not testimony from man, that is, not for my own sake; for otherwise he did receive testimony from man, 1 Thessalonians 15:27 Acts 1:8 . That must be truth, to which any one can give...

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• John 5:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Witnesses to the Genuineness of His Authority ( John 5:31-40 ). Jesus now goes on to describe the witnesses which support Him: · He is the One to Whom the Father has borne witness ( John 5:37 )...

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• John 5:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

  saved ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).

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• John 5:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 5:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• John 5:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Witness of John, of the Father, and of Scriptures. A reference to John:

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• John 5:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 9:22 ; 1 Timothy 2:3 ; 1 Timothy 2:4 ; 1 Timothy 4:16 ; John 20:31 ; John 5:41 ; John 8:54 ; Luke 13:34 ; Luke 19:10 ; Luke 19:41 ; Luke 19:42 ; Luke 24:47 ; Romans 10:1 ;...

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• John 5:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  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...

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• John 5:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But I have no need to receive, &c. But these things — Concerning John, whom ye yourselves reverence, I say, that ye may be saved — So really and seriously did he will their salvation. Yet they...

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