John 5:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. ”

• John 5:36 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Greater witness - Stronger, more decisive evidence. The works - The miracles - healing the sick and raising the dead. Hath given me - Hath committed to me, or appointed me to do. Certain...

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• John 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  greater witness . the witness, greater. to finish . in order that. should complete them.

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• John 5:36 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  36. But I have greater testimony than that of John. After having showed that, in the person of John, the Jews had wickedly corrupted the gift of God, he now repeats a second time what he had...

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• John 5:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. But I have greater...

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• John 5:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But I have greater witness— Our Lord told them that he had the testimony of one infinitely greater than John: even the testimony of the Father, who was continually bearing witness to him by the mir...

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• John 5:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. But I have gr...

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• John 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For “hath given Me” read, with the better MSS., gave Me. The pronouns in “But I have” and in “that I do,” are emphatic. In this verse He returns to the thought of John 5:32 . The parenthesis in...

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• John 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But I have greater witness than that of John ,.... The Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions read, "greater than John", but wrongly; for the testimonies of Christ's works, and of his Father, are not...

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• John 5:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. Ver. 36. The wo...

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• John 5:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But I have greater witness than that of John The testimony of one who has infinitely greater authority and power than he; for the works which the Father hath given me to finish The miracles which...

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• John 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  But I have greater witness than that of John; not than that of my Father, mentioned 1 Thessalonians 5:31,32 , but than that of John, last mentioned; nor doth he say a truer, but a greater wit...

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• John 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - 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 5:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the same works that I do bear witness of Me that the Father hath sent Me.

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• John 5:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 5:11 ; 1 John 5:12 ; 1 John 5:9 ; Acts 2:22 ; John 10:25 ; John 10:37 ; John 10:38 ; John 11:37 ; John 14:10 ; John 14:11 ; John 15:24 ; John 17:4 ; John 3:2 ; John 5:32 ; John...

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